Personal Autonomy in Society 9780754656708, 9781315247076

People are socially situated amid complex relations with other people and are bound by interpersonal frameworks having s

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English Pages 190 [205] Year 2006

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 The Concept of Autonomy
2 The Inner Citadel: Autonomy as Psychological Authenticity
3 Social-Relational Autonomy
4 The Conditions for Personal Autonomy
5 Objections from Liberalism
6 The Value of Autonomy
7 What Kind of Freedom Does Autonomy Require?
8 Loose Ends and Parting Thoughts
Selected Bibliography
Index

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