it 

is

a closed and governed system /

at 

best contains

elements of randomness /

ob

eys the laws

of causation /

we 

still

hold people responsible, even though we shouldn’t / 

we 

can

never be responsible for our actions because they might be controlled by a

“counterfactual intervenor” /

we 

can

be held responsible for our actions even if we couldn’t have done anything else / 

it 

fails

to take account of the social nature of responsibility /

it 

could

potentially justify punishing the innocent / 

it is 

backward-looking

rather than forward-looking / 

as long as doing so results in the best outcomes / solank dit die beste uitkomste tot gevolg het

only if we

deserve to be held responsible / 

only if we could have done otherwise / Slegs as ons anders kon gedoen het

given

the fact that we are shaped by our nature (biology) and nurture (environment)

there are aspects of our self-formation that are out of our control / 

no matter

which option you choose or path you take in life certain things are destined or

fated to happen /

given

the state of the universe and the laws of causation, all facts about the future

are established by facts about the past, and therefore that there is only one

possible future /

Ad hoc exception / Ad hoc-uitsondering

onbetwisbare aanvaarding van sekere oortuigings en

sienings

the construction of arguments / die konstruksie van argumente

Different categories / verskillende kategorieë