Personal Autonomy - Beyond Negative and Positive Liberty

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Personal Autonomy: A Character Ideal 3. Personal Autonomy: Intrinsic Value 4. Personal Autonomy: External Obstacles 5. Personal Autonomy: Internal Obstacles 6. Limiting Autonomy: Harm to Self 7. Limiting Autonomy: Harm or Offence to Others 8. Limiting Autonomy: Economic Relations 9. Conclusion

Summary

This book, first published in 1986, discusses the concept of personal autonomy in all its facets. It charts historically the discussion of the concept by political thinkers and relates the concept of the autonomy of the individual to the related discussion in political thought about the autonomy of states.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Young, Robert (James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Young
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138702905
• ISBN: 978-1-138-70290-5
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism; Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge