The Consequence Argument is one of the most signifi cant challenges to compatibilist accounts of ... more The Consequence Argument is one of the most signifi cant challenges to compatibilist accounts of practical freedom. In brief, the argument is that if determinism is true then whatever happens is a consequence of the laws of nature and past events over which we have no control. But whatever is a consequence of what's beyond our control is not itself under our control. Therefore, if determinism is true then nothing that happens is under our control or avoidable by us, including our own actions and thoughts (van Inwagen 1983 , 16) . Assuming that practical freedom implies control and avoidability, this conclusion is a denial of the characteristic compatibilist thesis that such freedom is consistent with determinism.
The Consequence Argument is one of the most signifi cant challenges to compatibilist accounts of ... more The Consequence Argument is one of the most signifi cant challenges to compatibilist accounts of practical freedom. In brief, the argument is that if determinism is true then whatever happens is a consequence of the laws of nature and past events over which we have no control. But whatever is a consequence of what's beyond our control is not itself under our control. Therefore, if determinism is true then nothing that happens is under our control or avoidable by us, including our own actions and thoughts (van Inwagen 1983 , 16) . Assuming that practical freedom implies control and avoidability, this conclusion is a denial of the characteristic compatibilist thesis that such freedom is consistent with determinism.
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