Agency (philosophy)

Agency is a Philosophical term used to describe the ability of an agent (for example a person) to make choices and have those choices exert an influence of the world.

The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy states that with regard to free will

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philosophers working on this issue have been hunting for, maybe not exclusively, but centrally, is a feature of agency that is necessary for persons to be morally responsible for their conduct.

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See also

• free will
• determinism
• compatibilism