Author : Diana T. Meyers
Publisher :
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 1991-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231064194
Meyers (philosophy, U. of Conn.) examines the question of personal autonomy. She observes the effects of childrearing practices and sexual biases, and reflects upon the results in women. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Kent Greenfield
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 18,4 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0300178875
Freedom of choice is at the core of the American story. But what if choice is fake?Americans are fixated on the idea of choice. Our political theory is based on the consent of the governed. Our legal system is built upon the argument that people freely make choices and bear responsibility for them. And what slogan could better express the heart of our consumer culture than "Have it your way"?In this provocative book, Kent Greenfield poses unsettling questions about the choices we make. What if they are more constrained and limited than we like to think? If we have less free will than we realize, what are the implications for us as individuals and for our society? To uncover the answers, Greenfield taps into scholarship on topics ranging from brain science to economics, political theory to sociology. His discoveries—told through an entertaining array of news events, personal anecdotes, crime stories, and legal decisions—confirm that many factors, conscious and unconscious, limit our free will. Worse, by failing to perceive them we leave ourselves open to manipulation. But Greenfield offers useful suggestions to help us become better decision makers as individuals, and to ensure that in our laws and public policy we acknowledge the complexity of choice.
Author : Catriona Mackenzie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 2000-01-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0195352602
This collection of original essays explores the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge and enrich contemporary philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility. The essays analyze the complex ways in which oppression can impair an agent's capacity for autonomy, and investigate connections, neglected by standard accounts, between autonomy and other aspects of the agent, including self-conception, self-worth, memory, and the imagination.
Author : Marina Oshana
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1351911953
People are socially situated amid complex relations with other people and are bound by interpersonal frameworks having significant influence upon their lives. These facts have implications for their autonomy. Challenging many of the currently accepted conceptions of autonomy and of how autonomy is valued, Oshana develops a 'social-relational' account of autonomy, or self-governance, as a condition of persons that is largely constituted by a person’s relations with other people and by the absence of certain social relations. She denies that command over one's motives and the freedom to realize one's will are sufficient to secure the kind of command over one's life that autonomy requires, and argues against psychological, procedural, and content neutral accounts of autonomy. Oshana embraces the idea that her account is 'perfectionist' in a sense, and argues that ultimately our commitment to autonomy is defeasible, but she maintains that a social-relational account best captures what we value about autonomy and best serves the various ends for which the concept of autonomy is employed.
Author : James Stacey Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 2005-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139442718
Autonomy has recently become one of the central concepts in contemporary moral philosophy and has generated much debate over its nature and value. This 2005 volume brings together essays that address the theoretical foundations of the concept of autonomy, as well as essays that investigate the relationship between autonomy and moral responsibility, freedom, political philosophy, and medical ethics. Written by some of the most prominent philosophers working in these areas, this book represents research on the nature and value of autonomy that will be essential reading for a broad swathe of philosophers as well as many psychologists.
Author : Diana T. Meyers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 32,45 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780742514782
Meyers (philosophy, U. of Connecticut, Storrs) presents a collection of essays exploring how to live a life that expresses one's own unique personality and distinctive values; nine of the 13 essays were previously published between 1987 and 2003. Coverage includes autonomous action and its bearing on gender, women's subordination, and women's resis
Author : Merle Spriggs
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Autonomy (Philosophy)
ISBN : 9780739109182
Patient autonomy is an important concept in the clinical context, but the idea in contemporary bioethics discussions is often muddled. By looking closely at the ideas of Rosseau, Kant, and Mill, Autonomy and Patients' Decisions traces the modern concept of autonomy from its historical roots. Charting the changes in notions of autonomy in Beauchamp and Childress's seminal Principles of Biomedical Ethics to provide an overview of how autonomy has been viewed in the field, Merle Spriggs then identifies the four distinct notions of autonomy being referred to in contemporary discussion. The examination of these notions, especially the "descriptive psychological" account, in relation to case studies provides a clear concept of autonomy, compatible with both consequentialist and rights-based theories of ethics. This book provides a clear understanding of patient autonomy and will prove essential reading for health care professionals, bioethicsts, and philosophers.
Author : Leslie Irvine
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781609278670
Is the idea that people have selves nothing more than a mere assumption? This anthology traces the origins of the idea that people have unique destinies to understand and fulfill, and considers how to approach the self as a topic of study. It investigates the role of culture and individual experience in shaping the self.
Author : Albert Bandura
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 1997-05-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521586962
The volume addresses important issues of human adaptation and change.
Author : Jane Calderwood Norton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 0191004057
Religious freedom is now widely accepted as fundamental to any liberal democracy. It is recognised in domestic, regional, and international human rights instruments and its importance is lauded by philosophers, lawyers, judges, clergy, and even politicians. While it is easy to support religious freedom in the abstract, tensions can arise between the activities of religious organizations and the law that challenge this general commitment to religious freedom. Should religious organizations be permitted to discriminate against women or gay people in their employment practices, when admitting members, or in providing goods and services? Should the courts interfere in these organizations to protect the interests of a disaffected member or to resolve internal property disputes? Should the state allow religious tribunals to determine or advise on family matters? While much has been written about religious individuals and the law, there has been a discernible lack of literature on organizations and the law. Jane Norton fills this gap with Freedom of Religious Organizations. By exploring potential conflicts between the law and religious organizations, and examining whether the current British response to such conflicts is justified, this book will consider when English law ought to apply to religious organizations and how these conflicts should be dealt with.
