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  • Structures of Agency

    Essays

    by Michael E. Bratman ...
    This is a collection of published and unpublished essays by distinguished philosopher Michael E. Bratman of Stanford University. They revolve around his influential theory, know as the "planning theory of intention and agency." Bratman's primary concern is with what he calls "strong" forms of human agency--including forms of human agency that are the target of our talk about self-determination, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Shared and Institutional Agency

    Toward a Planning Theory of Human Practical Organization

    by Michael E. Bratman ...
    Our human lives involve remarkable forms of practical organization-- diachronic organization of individual activity; small-scale organization of shared action; and the organization of institutions. In this book, Michael Bratman argues that the key to these multiple, inter-related forms of human practical organization is our capacity for planning agency. Drawing on earlier work on the roles of ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Planning, Time, and Self-Governance

    Essays in Practical Rationality

    by Michael E. Bratman ...
    Our human capacity for planning agency plays central roles in the cross-temporal organization of our agency, in our acting and thinking together (both at a time and over time), and in our self-governance (both at a time and over time). Intentions can be understood as states in such a planning system. The practical thinking at the bottom of this planning capacity is guided by norms that enjoin ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

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  • Narrative Identity and Moral Identity

    A Practical Perspective

    by Kim Atkins ...
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