Autonomous agency, we‐agency, and social oppression

Theories of collective intentionality and theories relational autonomy share a common interest in analyzing the social dynamics agency. However, whereas conceive groups primarily as intentional voluntarily willed, claim that autonomous agency is both scaffolded constrained by forces structures, including constraints imposed nonvoluntary group membership. The question raised this difference view whether theorizing overlooks effects membership on individual joint crucial aspects To explore question, article first evaluates Michael Bratman's planning analysis from perspective theory compares it with narrative self-constitution account temporally extended It then shared discusses Shaun Gallagher Deborah Tollefsen's concept we-narratives, which extends notion construction to Overall, argument aims show if we are interested understanding agency, critical attend way agents exercise their relation internalized external constraints.