Subject-Object Dialectic
- Agency
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The ability of subjects to make decisions for themselves.
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The mental and material capacity of a subject to make goals for
themselves.
- Subjectivity
- Subjective Agent
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The quality of being based on one's personal experiences,
thoughts and emotions.
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The capacity to have experiences, emotions and thoughts of
one's own.
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A subject is one that has subjectivity as above.
- Object
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One that is experienced or acted upon by something with
agency
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One that lacks innate agency.
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Objectification is the process of removing the agency of a
subject.