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Bratman develops a philosophical account of human agency through sustained analysis of intentionality, autonomy, and personhood. The work addresses planning and temporally extended agency, the relationship between valuing and the will, and how hierarchy and circularity affect self-governance. It also examines major debates about free will and related views, including discussions of Nozick, as well as commitments and practical reasoning frameworks.","STRUCTURES OF AGENCY  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nSTRUCTURES OF AGENCY Essays  \nMichael E. Bratman  \n1  \n1  \nOxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence  \nin research, scholarship, and education.  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith offices in  \nArgentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore  \nSouth Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright \\# 2007 by Oxford University Press, Inc.  \nPublished by Oxford University Press, Inc.  \n198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 [www.oup.com](www.oup.com)  \nOxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,  \nwithout the prior permission of Oxford University Press.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bratman, Michael.  \nStructures of agency : essays / Michael E. Bratman.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN-13 978-0-19-518770-0; 978-0-19-518771-7 (pbk.)  \nISBN 0-19-518770-9; 0-19-518771-7 (pbk.)  \n1. Intentionality (Philosophy) 2. Autonomy (Philosophy) 3. Agent (Philosophy)  \nI. Title.  \nB105 .I56B74 2006  \n128'.4—dc22 2006043776  \n9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nPrinted in the United States of America on acid-free paper  \nFor Susan, Gregory, and Scott  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \n1. Introduction 3  \nPart I Planning, Temporally Extended  \nAgency, and Self-Governance  \n2. Reflection, Planning, and Temporally Extended Agency 21  \n3. Valuing and the Will 47  \n4. Hierarchy, Circularity, and Double Reduction 68  \n5. Two Problems about Human Agency 89  \n6. Nozick on Free Will 106  \nAppendix: Nozick, Free Will, and the Problem  \nof Agential Authority 127  \n7. A Desire of One’s Own 137  \n8. Autonomy and Hierarchy 162  \n9. Three Forms of Agential Commitment:  \nReply to Cullity and Gerrans 187  \n10. Planning Agency, Autonomous Agency 195  \n11. Three Theories of Self-Governance 222  \nPart II Extending the Theory  \n12. Temptation Revisited 257  \n13. Shared Valuing and Frameworks for Practical Reasoning 283  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nSTRUCTURES OF AGENCY","cbCaifgXBNZTSpk5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifgXBNZTSpk5","pdf",1184639,1,330,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Part I Planning, Temporally Extended Agency, and Self-Governance\n## 2. Reflection, Planning, and Temporally Extended Agency\n## 3. Valuing and the Will\n## 4. 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