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The simplest examples of one-way causes may be the laws of physics. They cause the physical universe to have its properties but the universe does not cause them to exist or affect their nature. Theoretically there could be other "laws of wills" governing our behavior in a similar way but I would hesitate calling them actual (or especially individual) wills because of their effective non-agency. Agents' behavior is caused by interaction with the physical universe, whereas the nature of laws is apparently not caused by interaction with the physical universe. A one-way will would be completely sensory-deprived and thus lack effective agency.
I think this is a very interesting thought, one famously articulated by Kant: the CI is essentially a law in the style of natural law, only pertaining to the will. He agrees with you that the law can't be identified with each individual will (for one thing, some of us are bad or irrational). This avoids the 'sensory deprivation' problem, but keeps the idea that insofar as we're governed by the law of the will, we're free. The result is that we're free only to the extent that we're good.