Agency: The Constraint of Instrumentality

Autor/in	Wahl, Rachel
Titel	Agency: The Constraint of Instrumentality
Quelle	In: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 56 (2022) 4, S.505-522 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wahl, Rachel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8249
DOI	10.1111/1467-9752.12677
Schlagwörter	Personal Autonomy; Student Empowerment; Citizen Participation; Justice; Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Autonomie; Studienberechtigung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Gerechtigkeit; Verantwortungsübernahme; Zuständigkeit
Abstract	Enhancing agency--or in a more colloquial term, promoting empowerment--is typically viewed as an unquestioned good. International organisations promote the empowerment of girls and other vulnerable groups around the world. Domestically, democracies rely for their legitimacy on the idea that citizens have agency; hence, civic educators aim to strengthen student 'voice' and their inclination to participate. This is all for good reason, as justice does depend in part on the agency of individuals and oppressed groups. But a focus on individual or even collective agency has a dark side. For if people feel that they can change the world, then they also often feel that they should. This sense of responsibility to use one's agency at all times can encourage an instrumental relationship to others and make it difficult to learn receptively, particularly from people with whom we disagree, and especially in moments of crisis. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01