The concept of autonomy

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dc.contributor.authorJennings, Ian Douglasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T08:40:02Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T08:40:02Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 117-120.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe question of which of our actions or desires are genuinely attributable to us is the question I examine in this thesis. I use the term "autonomous" to describe those agents whose desires or actions are genuinely their own, and I refer to actions or desires which cannot genuinely be attributed to agents as heteronomous actions or desires. I have chosen to discuss this question under the rubric of the concept of autonomy, although the number of near-synonyms in the philosophical literature means that I could, perhaps, have referred instead in my title to concepts such as freedom, responsibility, independence, authenticity, self-determination, self-identity, freedom of the will and similar concepts. But whatever terminological choice is made, the issue that interests me concerns the nature of those actions or desires which are genuinely the agent's - those desires and actions which, as some have put it, are the agent's rear desires and actions.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJennings, I. D. (1996). <i>The concept of autonomy</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13416en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJennings, Ian Douglas. <i>"The concept of autonomy."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13416en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJennings, I. 1996. The concept of autonomy. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jennings, Ian Douglas AB - The question of which of our actions or desires are genuinely attributable to us is the question I examine in this thesis. I use the term "autonomous" to describe those agents whose desires or actions are genuinely their own, and I refer to actions or desires which cannot genuinely be attributed to agents as heteronomous actions or desires. I have chosen to discuss this question under the rubric of the concept of autonomy, although the number of near-synonyms in the philosophical literature means that I could, perhaps, have referred instead in my title to concepts such as freedom, responsibility, independence, authenticity, self-determination, self-identity, freedom of the will and similar concepts. But whatever terminological choice is made, the issue that interests me concerns the nature of those actions or desires which are genuinely the agent's - those desires and actions which, as some have put it, are the agent's rear desires and actions. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - The concept of autonomy TI - The concept of autonomy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13416 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13416
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJennings ID. The concept of autonomy. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Philosophy, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13416en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhilosophyen_ZA
dc.titleThe concept of autonomyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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