PHIL 1550 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-5: Moral Agency, Universalizability, Moral Responsibility
5 Dec 2017
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The ability for people to make free choices as a self-determining individual. Not everybody is autonomous, and people who are not autonomous are not always morally responsible for their actions. Many factors influence our decisions, but there can be limitations to being autonomous such as external restraints or inner compulsion where you do not have the capability to make your own choices and asses your personal values. Three conditions for being autonomous: independence, competency, authenticity. A person should have the ability to make free choices while not being under the control of an external constraint or inner compulsion. A person should have the capacities necessary to rationally deliberate about her choices. A person must have the capacity to discern and personally evaluate their own values and beliefs. The fulfillment of the three autonomy conditions; when one"s state precludes autonomy for a period of time, one lacks capacity over that time.
