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	Podcast:		The Philosopher's Zone - Program podcast
	Episode:		Group agents
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:24:30
	Publish Date:		2012-02-26 00:35:00
	Description:		On this Philosopher’s Zone we’re looking at agents. Not secret agents but rather public agents: an agent is just somebody who does something for a purpose and an agent is distinguished from a patient. The agent is the person who does things and the patient is the person to whom things are done. But do we have to be talking about individual persons here or can groups of people be agents in the way that individuals can? This week, we investigate.
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