PHL281H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Blood Sugar, Conscientiousness, Informed Consent
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It is our social nature that makes us vulnerable to one another. Our bodily nature makes us vulnerable to those with whom we have reasonable disagreements over comprehensive moral doctrines. He argues for ic on the basis of the value of autonomy. For gerald dworkin, autonomy is a capacity to rule ourselves, to direct our lives according to our own lights. It is a different question whether they actualize/exercise this capacity. Autonomy is a second-order capacity to re ect critically upon one"s rst-order preferences and desires, and the ability either to identify with these or to change them in light of higher-order preferences and values. By exercising such a capacity we de ne our nature, give meaning and coherence to our lives, and take responsibility for the kind of person we are (108). Being autonomous is consistent with holding many different cds. It does not require the adoption of any particular cd.
