Abstract
Michael Bratman in his essay “Reflection, Planning and Temporally Extended Agency” espouses a reductive view of agency based largely upon what he calls “self-governing policies.” Combining self-governing policies with a Lockean approach to personal identity over time, Bratman’s view stays within the bounds of event causation and attempts to reduce agency to mere attitudes. First I will give the problem Bratman’s approach to agency intends to solve, then move through his view beginning with the planning theory of intention, then on to his Lockean approach to personal identity and finally self-governing policies. I will then pose some problems for his theory.
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Muckle, Robert J.
(2023)
"Self-Governing Policies: A Critique of Bratman,"
International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities: Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 18.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca/vol2/iss2/18