Autonomy as Social Independence: Reply to Weimer

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 93 (1):155-159 (2015)
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Abstract

I defend my pure social account of global autonomy from Steven Weimer's recent criticisms. In particular, I argue that it does not implicitly rely upon the very kind of nonsocial conception of autonomy that it hopes to replace.

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The Autonomous Life: A Pure Social View.Michael Garnett - 2014 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 92 (1):143-158.
Taking the Self out of Self-Rule.Michael Garnett - 2011 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 16 (1):21-33.
Autonomy as rule by the self.Steven Weimer - 2014 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 92 (1):1-6.

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