A compatibilist would claim that if a formerly upright citizen chooses to become a criminal,this shows that
A) people sometimes make free choices that are not determined by their personality.
B) persons can never be held morally responsible for their actions.
C) internal and external causes acted to determine the person's behavior differently than it was determined previously.
D) human behavior is too complex to know if we are free or determined.

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A compatibilist believes that behavior can be determined by both internal and external causes, but that doesn't mean that free choices are impossible. In this case, the person's behavior may have been influenced by new internal or external factors that led them to become a criminal, but they still made a choice to engage in criminal behavior. Therefore, the compatibilist would argue that the person is still morally responsible for their actions, even if they were determined in part by external factors.

A Compatibilist Would Claim That If a Formerly Upright Citizen