Where Agency Belongs

How Control, Trust, and Authority Broke—
and How to Place Them Again
 
What happens when our understanding of freedom, control, and responsibility begins to break down?
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In Where Agency Belongs, Professor Matthew Weinberg challenges the modern assumption that more choice always means more freedom. Through a powerful blend of philosophy, history, and real-world insight, he reveals how misplaced agency has reshaped our institutions, strained our relationships, and left individuals carrying burdens they were never meant to bear.
Introducing the concept of situated agency, Weinberg offers a new framework for understanding where responsibility truly belongs
—across individuals, communities, and systems.
 
Drawing on influences from classical philosophy to contemporary thought, this book reframes some of the most urgent questions of our time: Who should decide? Who should act? And what happens when those roles are confused?
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Clear, thought-provoking, and deeply relevant, Where Agency Belongs is a bold reexamination of modern life—and a guide toward restoring balance in a world that has lost its sense of place.