In:
Social Philosophy and Policy, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 20, No. 2 ( 2003-07), p. 221-244
Abstract:
The notions of autonomy and self-governance each capture something
crucial about the moral dimensions of agents and actions. These notions are central to the ways in which we conceptualize ourselves and others.
The concept of autonomy is especially crucial to understanding the distinct status of moral agents. For its part, self-governance has a
significant relation to the evaluation of agents as individuals with particular characters, leading particular sorts of lives,
and performing particular actions. Neither notion—autonomy
nor self-governance—fully assimilates or dominates the other. Moreover, there are some important strains between them. There are certain
forms of regard that the autonomy of an agent demands that are at
odds with what an agent's exercise of self-governance merits .
In this essay I plan to show this, and offer a diagnosis of why this is the case.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0265-0525
,
1471-6437
DOI:
10.1017/S0265052503202090
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2003
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2087763-8
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5,1
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