TABLE 1.
Dimensions of human autonomy.
The dimension of personal (cognitive and practical) autonomy | The contrast case |
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Capacities | Lack of potentials or of their development |
Requirements | (merely apparent requirements; e.g., moral nihilism or error-theory) |
Respect from others | Various forms of disrespect, manipulation, coercion, etc.; |
Self-respect (and the other psychological conditions) | Lowered self-respect (and lack of the other psychological conditions) |
External resources (material, economic, cultural, informational) | Insufficient resources |
Actual exercise, autonomous life | Heteronomous life despite real opportunities |