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An agent is an entity performing actions, the key part of [[morality]] and [[ethics]].
 
An agent is an entity performing actions, the key part of [[morality]] and [[ethics]].
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Right now, most of the moral agents with whom we [[interact]] are [[human]]s. However, to varying extents, we can say that [[animal]]s, artificial systems, and possibly other types of entity also exercise moral agency.
  
 
[[Category:Moral elements]]
 
[[Category:Moral elements]]

Latest revision as of 19:20, 16 January 2015

An agent is an entity performing actions, the key part of morality and ethics.

Right now, most of the moral agents with whom we interact are humans. However, to varying extents, we can say that animals, artificial systems, and possibly other types of entity also exercise moral agency.