I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every individual is a person necessarily imbedded in a range of multiple relations, and therefore, no one is really independent in anything but a relative sense; no one is truly autonomous.
As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.
Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.
God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.
In philosophy, they talk a lot about humans being actual organic machines, and the idea of free will is something that we've made up. We actually don't have free will. We're acting according to our programming as organic mechanisms.
I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
I believe that we all have freedom to shape our own life and the world around us.
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