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    The practice of holding responsible is justified by the q... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→There are no desert-entailing differences between moral agents.

    The practice of holding responsible is justified by the quality of will expressed in an agent's conduct, which remains attributable to the agent regardless of its causal origins.

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    • 1.Moral responsibility requires attributing conduct to an agent's will; causal origins don't erase this attributability.
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    • 2.We can meaningfully distinguish between an agent's authentic will and external compulsion regardless of prior causes.
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    • 3.Holding agents responsible for their expressed will is necessary for moral community and reciprocal respect.
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    • 1.If all conduct traces to prior causes beyond agent control, attributing will independently of causal origins is illusory.
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    • 2.The quality of will expressed depends on neural architecture, upbringing, and circumstances—all causally determined factors.
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    • 3.Justified responsibility requires the agent could have done otherwise; causal history forecloses this alternative possibility.
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