agentic state

• When a person sees themselves as a an agent carrying out the orders of an authority figure.
• We believe we are not responsible for our actions
• Autonomous state where a person acts on their own free will and are therefore less likely to obey and have responsibility for their actions
• The agentic shift is the shift from autonomous and agentic state for morals and actions
• Self image – we go into the agentic state is you blame other people for a positive self image we try to maintain self image
• Binding factors – we stay in the agentic state because we are bound by statutory, self-interest and moral factors.