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This book is excellent. The fundamental proposal is elegant and powerful, and the writing is beautiful. (How often does one get to say that about work in contemporary agency theory?) King identifies a core notion, basic agency, and shows how we can build out from this single, shared element to accounts of a wide range of different kinds of responsibility (not limited to moral). His analysis draws attention to the unity of agency and responsibility, so to speak. The book is admirable in defending a striking and bold hypothesis that illuminates various issues in the contemporary debates, without getting bogged down in them. Highly recommended! * John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California *

"This book is excellent. The fundamental proposal is elegant and powerful, and the writing is beautiful. (How often does one get to say that about work in contemporary agency theory?) King identifies a core notion, ""basic agency,"" and shows how we can build out from this single, shared element to accounts of a wide range of different kinds of responsibility (not limited to moral). His analysis draws attention to the unity of agency and responsibility, so to speak. The book is admirable in defending a striking and bold hypothesis that illuminates various issues in the contemporary debates, without getting bogged down in them. Highly recommended! * John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California *"

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Matt King is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he thinks and writes about responsibility and other related topics in ethics and law. His work has been published in over a dozen journals and edited volumes, and is even occasionally cited. He is co-editor of Agency in Mental Disorder (OUP, 2022).

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