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| Autonomy: Autonomy refers to the ability of individuals, organizations, or entities to self-govern, make independent decisions, and act based on their own principles or rules without external control or influence. See also Individuals, Organizations, Institutions, Nations, Politics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Liberalism on Autonomy - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 104 Autonomy/liberalism/Gaus: The theory of personal autonomy, interpreted widely to include Millian self-development, (>Individual/Mill, >Autonomy/Mill, >Perfectionism/Gaus) is not simply a view of the good life that has been held by liberals, or even a view of the good life that justifies liberal political institutions. It is a distinctively liberal conception of the good life: the good life is a freely chosen life, and so the good life is a free life. Raz: It is, as Raz (1986)(1) says, a morality of freedom; it puts a certain conception of a free life at the centre of morality. Gaus: This is not to say that the autonomist project succeeds; (...) freedom qua autonomy seems to teeter on the verge of justifying elitism and paternalism, and so invites the sort of critique famously advanced by Berlin in ‘Two concepts of liberty’.>Autonomy/Gaus. Berlin: As Berlin quotes Kant, ‘paternalism is the greatest despotism imaginable’(1969(2): 157). >Paternalism, >Liberalism/Ronald Dworkin. 1. Raz, Joseph (1986) The Morality of Freedom. Oxford: Clarendon. 2. Berlin, Isaiah (1969) ‘Two concepts of liberty’. In his Four Essays on Liberty. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 118–72. Gaus, Gerald F. 2004. „The Diversity of Comprehensive Liberalisms.“ In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Liberalism Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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