ABSTRACT
Many theorists of agency maintain that actions done without deliberation are somehow less “agential” - second-rate actions. Similarly, many theorists of agency maintain that actions which the agent does not endorse are less “agential“, and many maintain that actions from which the agent feels alienated are less “agential“. This chapter argues that these three popular views are false. An action that is not the result of deliberation, is not endorsed by the agent, or is experienced as alien by the agent, even an action to which all three conditions apply, is just as “agential” and “belongs” to the agent just as much as a deliberated-upon, endorsed action with which the agent identifies.
