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Show that the following combination of statements is inconsistent (i.e., cannot all be true together) by constructing a deductively valid argument whose main conclusion is an explicit contradiction. In constructing your argument, use all the statements as premisses, and derive from them any intermediate conclusions which may be necessary to reach the contradiction. Write out the argument in revised standard form, using complete sentences and the letters assigned here to the statements.
a) People are morally responsible for their actions.
b) If every event is causally determined, then people do not have the ability to do otherwise.
c) If people are morally responsible for their actions, then they have free will.
d) If people have free will, then they have the ability to do otherwise.
e) Every event is causally determined.