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Human Agency
- Human agency refers to humans' ability to act and cause change in the world.
- This involves causing or preventing something from happening.
Standard View of Agency
- The dominant philosophical view sees actions as events caused by beliefs and desires.
- These mental states are thought of as causal antecedents.
Crossing the Road Example
- Jennifer Hornsby uses the example of someone crossing the road to illustrate the standard view.
- The person's desire to catch a bus and belief about its location explain the action.