Concepts of "person" and "liberty," and their implications to our fading notions of autonomy.

نویسنده

  • Tuija Takala
چکیده

It is commonly held that respect for autonomy is one of the most important principles in medical ethics. However, there are a number of interpretations as to what that respect actually entails in practice and a number of constraints have been suggested even on our self-regarding choices. These limits are often justified in the name of autonomy. In this paper, it is argued that these different interpretations can be explained and understood by looking at the discussion from the viewpoints of positive and negative liberty and the various notions of a "person" that lay beneath. It will be shown how all the appeals to positive liberty presuppose a particular value system and are therefore problematic in multicultural societies.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of medical ethics

دوره 33 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007