This apparent similarity is a point of contention between determinists and libertarians. E is an act of choosing, deciding, or willing to do something. E is a volition that has no cause. A is an action that is caused by a free volition. C. People are morally responsible for their own freely willed actions as well as for the consequences of those actions.
E is an act of choosing, deciding, or willing to do something.
E is a volition caused by the beliefs and desires of the agent. A is an action that is caused by a standard volition. C. People are responsible for their own voluntary actions as well as for the consequences of those actions. Whenever a person performs a voluntary action, and is responsible for that action, she was caused to perform that action, and was unable to have done anything else instead. If SD is true, then Tom is morally responsible for killing.