On the Right of Dependent People to the Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care

Abstract

It can thus be seen that human rights try to protect autonomy, favor the exercise of independent acts and the disappearance of dependency not consented to. Autonomy and independence, to a greater or letter extent, form part of the content of these rights. However, it is also possible to construct an individual human right to autonomy of a general character. The recognition of such a general right to autonomy or independence must clear the obstacle of the confusion between the field of justification and that of legal technicality. Such a right must not be enunciated with such a high degree of indeterminacy and abstraction as to make practically impossible the guaranteeing or establishing of its essential content.

Keywords: Disability, Dependency, Autonomy, Human Rights