  It is only if (2\('\)) is true that we never control outcomes. Alas, (2\('\)) has unpalatable implications. Uncontrolled factors do not only bear on whether we succeed. They also bear on whether we try, on the choices we make, and on the character traits that influence our choices. (2\('\)) implies that we are never culpable for any of these things—for our successes, our endeavours, our choices or our character. Pursued to its logical conclusion, it implies that we are never culpable for anything (Nagel 1979; Moore 1997, 233–246). If, as most people believe, we sometimes are culpable for what we do, (2\('\)) must be false. We can add that (3) radically understates the conclusion of the argument offered above. When combined with (C), that argument does not imply that we should not be criminally responsible for outcomes. It implies that no one should ever be criminally responsible.