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5204
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English
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Expensive Agency
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Sunstone
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January 1985
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10
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Sunstone Education Foundation
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41-43
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The author acknowledges the differences in people's life experiences and "core" values, then questions whether that core can change. "I finally decided free agency is only half true. I believe that we have our agency-- our ability to make choices-- but I do not think that it is free. It always costs something and sometimes it is very expensive. When I say that I cannot change something about myself, I am saying that I have assessed the costs and benefits of changing and determined that it would cost too much. My analysis may be purely subjective and even unconscious. But at some level, I know I cannot afford to pay the price." [Author]