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- Title
Achieving Autonomy.
- Authors
Piper, Mark
- Abstract
I argue that acting autonomously is often a far more difficult achievement than much of the recent literature on this topic would suggest. Several of the most influential autonomy achievement theories have low achievement thresholds, and there are conceptual and empirical reasons to hold that autonomy achievement ought to be viewed as having much higher thresholds in general. I consider and rebut a variety of reasons for keeping the autonomy achievement threshold low, and conclude with a brief word on the normative implications of my thesis.
- Subjects
POLITICAL autonomy; REPRESENTATIVE government; SELF-control; NORMATIVITY (Ethics); EXISTENTIALISM
- Publication
Social Theory & Practice, 2016, Vol 42, Issue 4, p767
- ISSN
0037-802X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5840/soctheorpract201642427