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Problems with Autonomy
Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2002.tb01077.x
2002 by Hypatia, Inc.
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RÖSSLER, B. (2002), Problems with Autonomy. Hypatia, 17: 143–162. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2002.tb01077.x
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- Issue published online: 9 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 9 JAN 2009
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The article first develops an account of autonomy, explaining individual autonomy by means of three normative components and then discussing two objections. The first objection claims that autonomy has to be thought of as essentially relational; this objection is refuted. The second objection, labeled the skeptical objection, claims that we simply do not live autonomously, nor could we ever. Reference is made to novels by Iris Murdoch to present a skeptical solution to this objection.