Epiphenomenalism denies conscious thought any causal effect on behavior.

Evidence

Epiphenomenalists argue that behavior is regulated by neural networks that operate outside one’s awareness and control. Hence, thoughts are epiphenomenal events that create an illusion of control but actually have no effect on how one behaves. This subpersonal view strips humans of personal identity, agentic capabilities, and functional consciousness. It is not thinking individuals but their subpersonal parts that unconsciously orchestrate activities. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 302

Categorization

• DEFINE: Pinpoints the definition of epiphenomenalism and its distinctive subpersonal claim about control as illusion, which moral disengagement rebuts with an agency premise.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 302