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| − | 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. | + | '''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. |
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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
| “ | 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.[1] | ” |
References
- ↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Free_will Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy