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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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Peter Singer on Autonomy - Dictionary of Arguments
I 84 Definition Autonomy/P. Singer: the ability to make your own decisions and act accordingly. This includes being able to weigh alternatives. Utilitarianism: Utilitarianism does not respect autonomy as a valid moral principle. For example, if an autonomous being has the will to live, it would still be a question for hedonistic utilitarianism whether this life might not be full of suffering. Preference Utilitarianism also needed to be weighed up whether other interests were against it. >Utilitarianism, >Preferential utilitarianism, >Morality, >Ethics, >Action, >Decisions._____________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. |
SingerP I Peter Singer Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011 SingerP II P. Singer The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-17