In the western tradition, the view that individual autonomy is a basic moral and political value is very much a modern development. ... 2. Autonomy in Moral Philosophy...
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The Moral Autonomy Argument ... There is a long tradition in moral philosophy, from Plato to Kant, according to which such a recognition could never be made by a moral agent. According to this tradition, to be a moral agent is to be autonomous, or self-directed.
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Autonomous individuals think for themselves and do not assume that customs are always right. ... They seek to reason and live by general principles. ... Their motivation is to do what is morally reasonable for its own sake, maintaining integrity, self-respect, and respect for others.
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Weber and Kantian Moral Autonomy ... For my purposes, I will focus on Weber’s relation(s) to the Kantian conception of moral autonomy. It is my hope that the results of the paper will prove sufficient to overcome the concern that my selection of this particular conception of autonomy may be arbitrary. ... Kantian Moral Autonomy...
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Quodlibet Online Journal article: On Kant's Notion of Moral Autonomy - by Scott David Foutz ... Therefore, a closer examination of Kant's understanding of rational autonomy will prove valuable to a critique of the greater portion of his moral philosophy.
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Moral Autonomy ; These questions go to the heart of the issue of nurses' moral autonomy. Can nurses bear moral responsibility for the care they provide if they do not have decisional authority? Maintaining their own moral integrity is central to nurses' moral experience.
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The move not only desensitizes them to the horrendous aspect of war, but also maximizes soldiers' lethality by bypassing their moral autonomy.
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This work critically discusses, and seeks to overcome, both misunderstandings in the traditional neo-Thomistic view of natural law and unjustified claims of some currents in Catholic moral theology in trying to find new, yet problematic understandings of moral autonomy.
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Rhonheimer applies moral theology to practical questions, such as, what does it mean to violate the natural law, or to be “unnatural”? ... This item: Natural Law and Practical Reason: A Thomist View of Moral Autonomy (Moral Philosophy and Theology Series, 1) by Martin Rhonheimer
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Merton's "True Self": Moral Autonomy and Religious Conversion Author(s): Walter E. Conn Source: The Journal ... In religious conversion moral autonomy is relativized, not sacrificed. Authentic selfrealization includes both moral autonomy and the surrender of its absolute claims in religious conversion.
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