Kwame Gyekye's communitarian account of agency allows that constrained actors can still exercise genuine self-determination when their choices express culturally grounded collective values.

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Communitarian(describing Walzer's approach to justice): A philosophical view that emphasizes the importance of communities and shared values, rather than focusing only on individuals and their rights.
Constrained actors(describing the kind of people Gyekye is analyzing): People whose choices are limited or shaped by their circumstances, culture, family, or society—not people with completely unlimited freedom.
Culturally grounded collective values(describing the source and nature of choices that count as genuine self-determination in Gyekye's view): Beliefs and goals that come from your community's traditions and shared way of life—values that many people in your culture hold together, rather than values you invented alone.
Genuine: Something is genuine when it is real, authentic, and exactly what it claims to be—not fake, counterfeit, or pretending to be something else. For example, genuine leather is actual leather rather than synthetic material, or a genuine apology comes from sincere feeling rather than obligation. The word describes anything that is honestly and truly itself without deception or imitation.

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