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Part 2.1: Recent Accounts of Autonomy

Diana Tietjens Meyers
Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Philosophy

1989

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Part II. Section 1. Recent Accounts of Autonomy:

Emphasizing the problematic relationship between autonomy and socialization, Meyers explores prominent views of autonomy, including Robert Young's, Stanley Benn's, Harry Frankfurt's, Gerald Dworkin's, and Gary Watson's. Having identified three main models for "rescuing autonomy from socialization," she identifies a single defect underlying all of them - namely, their assumption that personal autonomy requires transcending socialization through free will.

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Date posted: December 31, 2008 ; Last revised: December 31, 2008

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Tietjens Meyers, Diana, Part 2.1: Recent Accounts of Autonomy (1989). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1321785

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Diana Tietjens Meyers (Contact Author)

Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Philosophy ( email )

Chicago, IL 60611
United States