The agency theory says that a free act is an act that is caused by an agent. An agent is any person who has a knowledge. In addition, all events has causes and the cause is made by the agent. The theory also agrees with Principle of Universal Casuality, since it says that everything that happens, has a cause, but something that does not have a long casual chain of history.
This is related to the experiment because in the experiment, 40 different men are given questions and a control system to ask another person in another room. If they answer it incorrect, then the person is shocked, and for each wrong answer you get shocked harder. Then the people in charge start to slow down because they feel that it is wrong but the master says to continue. But really, there are no people getting shocked in the next room. This shows that the men are free to act and they can choose if they want to continue or not but there is always going to be a supervisor or an agent and they really make the choices.
This is related to the experiment because in the experiment, 40 different men are given questions and a control system to ask another person in another room. If they answer it incorrect, then the person is shocked, and for each wrong answer you get shocked harder. Then the people in charge start to slow down because they feel that it is wrong but the master says to continue. But really, there are no people getting shocked in the next room. This shows that the men are free to act and they can choose if they want to continue or not but there is always going to be a supervisor or an agent and they really make the choices.
