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    The sequence of acts following the first half of Ai would... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Principle (G) is defective as a general principle of actualist obligation.

    The sequence of acts following the first half of Ai would be worse than the sequence following an alternative to the first half of Ai.

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    The basic idea behind (G) is captured in the aforementioned rough definition of actualism. Here are the details. “\(A_i\)” may apply to a single act or a sequence of acts over time. The main problem that Goldman finds with (G) is that even if \(A_i\) satisfies (1) and (2), (G) does not take into account the following sort of case: “\(A_i\)” refers to a sequence of acts over time, the following counterfactual is true: “if the agent were to perform the first half of \(A_i\), then the agent would n

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