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Part 2.5: Interests, Self-Interest and Autonomy

Diana Tietjens Meyers
Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Philosophy

1989

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Part II. Section 5. Interests, Self-Interest and Autonomy:

Two questions drive this chapter: 1) What kinds of things can be objects of autonomous choices? and 2) How are these related to an individual's authentic self? If self-interest is construed as securing a set of basic goods for oneself, personal autonomy and self-interest can collide. Still, Meyers holds that autonomy based on exercising autonomy competency is compatible with the dominance principle, which counsels opting for a course of action that satisfies at least one more authentic desire than other available possibilities.

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

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Tietjens Meyers, Diana, Part 2.5: Interests, Self-Interest and Autonomy (1989). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1321789

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Diana Tietjens Meyers (Contact Author)

Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Philosophy ( email )

Chicago, IL 60611
United States