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    Challenges→The fatalistic inference to (10) is blocked regardless of whether steps (1)-(8) succeed or fail.

    The supporting argument's distinction between explanation and deprivation of alternatives collapses if compatibilist sourcehood itself requires a history not fixed by factors beyond the agent's control.

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    Key Terms

    compatibilism(Offered as a response to the traditional problem of free will)
    The philosophical position that free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism being true
    deprivation of alternatives(as used in arguments about free will)
    The situation where someone couldn't have chosen differently because other options weren't actually available to them.
    distinction...collapses(as used in logical arguments)
    A difference between two ideas breaks down or disappears because they turn out to be the same thing or one contradicts the other.
    factors beyond the agent's control(as used in discussions of responsibility and causation)
    Events or circumstances that a person cannot influence or change, external to their own choices and abilities.
    sourcehood

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    The property of an agent being the origin or source of their actions in a way required for moral responsibility

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