Title: Moral agency - Wikipedia
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Moral agency
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Development and analysis
Distinction between moral agency and moral patienthood
Artificial moral agents
See also
Notes
References
External links

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Moral agency is an individual's ability to make moral judgments based on some notion of right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions. A moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong." Contents
1 Development and analysis
2 Distinction between moral agency and moral patienthood
3 Artificial moral agents
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Development and analysis
Most philosophers suggest only rational beings, who can reason and form self-interested judgments, are capable of being moral agents. Some suggest those with limited rationality (for example, people who are mildly mentally disabled or infants) also have some basic moral capabilities. Determinists argue all of our actions are the product of antecedent causes, and some believe this is incompatible with free will and thus claim that we have no real control over our actions. Immanuel Kant argued that whether or not our real self, the noumenal self, can choose, we have no choice but to believe that we choose freely when we make a choice.