 As the interveners in FSCs are merely counterfactual, they leave the general abilities of their agents intact. Black’s device, for example, merely monitors Jones’ brain: as things turn out, because matters proceed as Black wishes, he does nothing to affect how Jones deliberates, decides, or acts. Jones thus retains all of the general abilities he would have had if Black had never been present. (Stipulate that the device Black places in Jones does not interfere with any relevant processes in Jones’ brain: Black is a supremely talented neurosurgeon.) Assuming Jones is otherwise normal, we can suppose that among his general abilities is that he can vote for the Democrat. So while Jones cannot in a more inclusive sense choose otherwise than to vote for the Republican (that is, when the presence of Black and his device are held fixed), Jones can choose to vote for the Democrat in the general sense, and this is ability enough for responsibility, thus rescuing PAP from such examples. (Variations on this theme include J. K. Campbell 1997, 2005; Smith 2003; Vihvelin 2004; Fara 2008.)