Agent causation

[1][2] Whether agent causation as a concept is logically sound is itself a topic of philosophical debate.

[3] Thomas Reid is credited as the founder of the theory of agent causation.

[1] Defending a compatibilist interpretation, Ned Markosian proposed a situation in which a person's actions, caused by nothing other than their own agency, have shaped their moral character over their lifetime to compel them to always do the right thing.

[7] While still subject to debate, agent causation is generally considered to align with incompatibilist theory.

[1] Libertarians have offered agent causation as a defense of their incompatibilist belief that only undetermined, uncaused actions are free.