Jul 28, 2003 · Examination of the concept of autonomy also figures centrally in debates over education policy, biomedical ethics, various legal freedoms and rights (such as freedom of speech and the right …

Feb 23, 2004 · 10. Autonomy At the heart of Kant’s moral theory is the idea of autonomy. Understanding the idea of autonomy was, in Kant’s view, key to understanding and justifying the authority that moral …

May 28, 2002 · Insofar as accounts of autonomy simply stipulate that certain influences on an agent’s intention-forming process “interfere with,” or “pervert,” this process, these accounts are incomplete. …

Apr 30, 2020 · We close with a remark on the vision of AI (§3). For each section within these themes, we provide a general explanation of the ethical issues, outline existing positions and arguments, then …

Jan 7, 2002 · In Book III of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle says that, unlike nonrational agents, we have the power to do or not to do, and much of what we do is voluntary, such that its origin is ‘in us’ …

Jan 2, 2008 · In theoretical ethics, the dominant issue in recent years has been how to place limits on the scope of beneficence. In applied and professional ethics, a number of issues have been treated …

May 28, 2002 · What distinguishes autonomy-undermining influences on a person's will from those motivating forces that merely play a role in the self-governing process? This is the question that all …

Sep 10, 2003 · The importance of autonomy and agency in Kant’s moral philosophy has led many philosophers to highlight respect for autonomy.

Apr 12, 2010 · This entry provides a general lay of the land of the central ethical issues and challenges that arise in public health policies and practices and that drive the literature in public health ethics.

Nov 6, 2002 · Let us start with autonomy. Does being lied to interfere with, or diminish the autonomy of the person being lied to? Obviously to answer this we need to be given an understanding of what it is …