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HPI 56 - Who’s Pulling Your Strings? - Buddhaghosa

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Exploring Human Agency and Selfhood Through Metaphors

Examining Buda Gosse's perspective on human agency, this chapter challenges the notion of a self or inner controller guiding actions. It discusses how moral value is linked to intentions rather than external influence, shifting the comparison to humans resembling self-driving cars instead of puppets or charioteers.

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