Mackenzie, Catriona:
Relational Autonomy : State of the Art Debate

In: Spinoza and Relational Autonomy : Being with Others  / Armstrong, Aurelia ; Green, Keith ; Sangiacomo, Andrea (Hrsg./eds.). - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019: [10]-31.

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Anthropology / psychology / doctrine of affections / body and mind, Theory of society
Subject: PPC/CM

Complete bibliographic evaluation: yes
Autopsy: yes
English commentary: "Autonomy is a highly prized value in liberal democratic societies, a value associated with liberalism’s emphasis on the normative importance of the individual and of freedom. Reflecting this value, the concept of autonomy has come to play an increasingly central role in a wide range of debates in contemporary social and political philosophy and in bioethics.
Autonomy is both a status and a capacity concept. Understood as a status concept, it refers to the idea that individuals are entitled to exercise self-determining authority over their own lives, an entitlement that can only be infringed under specified constraints, such as if..." (publishers information)

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