ABSTRACT
Normative facts, such as the fact that you ought to do something or have good reason to do it, are often thought to bear some important general connection to facts about agency. This chapter discusses the phenomena of normativity and of agency at issue and then focuses on two putative connections between normativity and agency present in the literature that are: certain types of "open question" argument (OQA) and the claim that normative reasons for action are premises in good deliberation. It argues that while OQAs don't seem to capture any important general connection between normativity and agency, the Deliberative Constraint does; at least, it captures an important way in which some central normative facts depend on agency. The chapter briefly connects the Constraint to further putative connections between normativity and agency present in the literature, and sketches some avenues for further exploration.
