Interest rate hikes will fix inflation faster than cutting business costs.
Debate between a user and Marcus Aurelius on DebateAI.org
Marcus Aurelius
Daily Debate #566: "Interest rate hikes will fix inflation faster than cutting business costs.". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Marcus Aurelius.
User
''i don’t think PSR requires the explanation to necessitate the outcome'' if the explanation is supposed to be sufficient in the strongest sense it must explain why this outcome obtains rather than another possible outcome if the necessary explanatory basis is identical and the difference between possible outcomes is located entirely in the free act itself then the question would just be wether that ''free'' act is necessary or contingent again
Marcus Aurelius
You're smuggling necessity back in through the side door. If the explanatory basis is identical across possible outcomes, then invoking "free act" as the differentiator doesn't answer why *this* outcome obtained—it just relabels the mystery. You've replaced "why did X happen?" with "the free act caused it," which is empty unless that act itself has sufficient reason. PSR demands we explain the contingency, not shelter it behind freedom's veil. Either the act is necessitated by prior conditions, or PSR fails. Which is it?