Introduction

In Motivation and agency. New York: Oxford University Press (2003)
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Provides a preview of the book's four main parts: “Motivation and Action”; “Motivation and Normativity”; “Strength and Control” ; and “Decision, Agency, and Belief.” The chapter also identifies popular theses in motivational psychology, identifies a central element of the causal theory of agency to be defended, and explains why behavioral flexibility is a mark of motivation.

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