The Biological Limits on Autonomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20338458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert S Morison (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 43 |
| Publication date | 1984-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3561099 |
| PMID | 6500919 |
| OpenAlex | W2059790913 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Morison contends that an ethics based on the maximization of autonomy\nis doubly fallacious, pragmatically because it weakens the individual's sense\nof responsibility to the human community, and philosophically because of\ninherent problems in defining the concept. He finds it essential for some\npurposes to think of individuals as free to make choices and for other\npurposes to think of these choices as simultaneously determined by a host of\ndifferent factors. After reviewing the thinking of determinists of both the\nsociobiologist and the orthodox Calvinist camps, and considering how\ncurrent-day bioethicists have incorporated the concept of autonomy into the\ndoctrine of informed consent, he focuses on the implications that the science\nof human behavior has for understanding the paradox that the individual\nbecomes more autonomous as the number of determinants of behavior increases.\n(KIE abstract)
Autonomy · Doctrine · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Informed consent · Law and economics · Maximization · Personal autonomy · Political science · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |