Taylor's Agency Theory
- A person causes her/his free actions.
- Free actions are not causally determined (by antecedent events).
- But free actions are caused (or "initiated," "originated," or
"performed") by agents.
- When a person does something for a reason, the reason does not cause
the action.
- Not every chain of causes and effects is infinite.
Richard Lee,
rlee@uark.edu,
last modified: 1 October 2004
