Agents can express their practical identity through choice without those choices requiring antecedent reason-based justification, as Christine Korsgaard's constitutivism demonstrates.

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Antecedent reason-based justification(as used in philosophy of action and ethics): A reason that must exist *before* you make a choice in order to explain or defend why that choice makes sense; the idea that you need a pre-existing logical reason for every decision.
Christine Korsgaard(the author being discussed): A contemporary American philosopher known for her work on ethics, identity, and what makes actions right or wrong based on rational principles.
Constitutivism(in ethics and personal identity): A philosophical theory that says something becomes what it is through certain fundamental activities or principles—like how a chess player becomes a chess player by following the rules of chess.
Express (in philosophical context)(as used in philosophy of action): To reveal, demonstrate, or bring into being through action—not just to communicate verbally, but to make something real or visible through what you do.

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