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This entry would be better under the entry 'Agency' than the entry 'Human agency'. 'Agency' in this philosophical use of the term refers to any beings at all that have and exercise a certain kind of ability: god(s), aliens, computers, whatever. ( Anarchia 20:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC))
Should there be something in here about agency's relationship to structure? In the sociological/anthropological approach, agency is tied to structure through recursive practice. Structure is made up of continuously practiced actions by social agents and that structure then applies constraints upon further action. Social agents generally will perform actions in their own best interest and therefore will normally continue to construct preexisting structures. Support for this would be Bourdieu 1977, 1998 and Giddens 1979, 1981. (This is my very first post on Wiki ever, I apologize if it is done incorrectly.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.121.222.128 ( talk) 17:20, 11 December 2009 (UTC) -WAMF
I added "on a collective basis, usually through democratic means" because human agency is always done through this manner. I also added "it operates on the basis God helps those who help themselves, in other words the will of God is determined through collective consensus of human beings."
I welcome any feedback.
DanianCheong 07:41, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
I have removed that, because it is completely unsourced and enormously contraversial (as in unheard of) to boot. - mdb
I'm currently researching the subject in order to improve the article, but because the article is currently so limited I'm having trouble coming up with a reasonable structure etc. Leave a message over here or on my talk page if you want to help out a bit. Stdbrouw 22:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I will watch the talkpages to follow this proposal for interests sake. Newbyguesses 02:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
(Agency) is normally contrasted to natural forces, which are causes involving only unthinking deterministic processes. This doesn't make sense. It implies that processes that are random, thus nondeterministic (e.g. quantum leaps), involve some kind of agency.-- 87.162.41.234 ( talk) 01:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
there's a bad semi-colon. can someone who understands teh "debate" referenced fix this hanging fragment? I am going to try but I'll probably remove the word "debate" unless I figure out what debate teh orig author is talking about. S*K*A*K * K 15:04, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
For me the two beginning sentences of "In philosophy" and "In sociology" are somewhat contradictive, especially concerning the mentioning of Marx. First it is said that Hegel and Marx consider agency to be "a collective, historical dynamic, rather than a function arising out of individual behavior". Then it is said that "in the Marxist conception, "agency" refers to the capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices". Confusing, isn't it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sofastar ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
the article says "How humans come to make decisions, by free choice or other processes, is another issue." but if your actions are just a result of a series of events that you have no control over how are they decisions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.228.157.109 ( talk) 08:46, 24 November 2022 (UTC)