# Without Self-Agency How Can We Explain Moral Accountability by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein > “If we're not the agents of ourselves (and it's hard to see how we can be), how can we make sense of moral accountability (and how can we live coherently without it)?” > **— Rebecca Newberger Goldstein**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27429) — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-276). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Discussions on the Synthetic Personhood Question|Discussions on the Synthetic Personhood Question]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Birth Bond Conspiracy Through The Lens of Digital Personhood and Human Futurity|The Birth Bond Conspiracy Through The Lens of Digital Personhood and Human Futurity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Free Will|Free Will]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “If we're not the agents of ourselves (and it's hard to see how we can be), how can we make sense of moral accountability (and how can we live coherently without it)?” — Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-rebecca-goldstein-without-self-agency-we-explain ```