Privacy occupies a central place in the western liberal tradition as an essential component of self-definition and individual development. The meaning of privacy, however, has proven elusive. Legal scholars and philosophers have variously characterized privacy as a social situation of autonomy, a claim, a psychological state, a physical area, or a form of control. More specific definitions incl...

A constraint on political cognitivism is that it give some basis for responding to certain worries. These worries prompt political liberals such as Rawls to deny that the search for truth can provide a shared basis for a conception of justice in a pluralistic democratic society.2 On this view, a pluralistic democratic state that avoids the authoritarian use of state power should be neutral abou...

This paper summarizes the state of art in agent autonomy. It dispels myths and builds a foundation for study of autonomy. We point to a renewed interest in good old-fashioned AI that has emerged from consideration of agents and autonomy. This paper also serves as a reader’s guide to the paper in this book. We end with sobering thoughts about the future of the human relationship with machines.

1 Management can profoundly affect the quality of healthcare delivery. Certain public management processes in healthcare institutions lacking flexibility, budgetary autonomy and performance based incentives, have become associated with poor health outcomes, and inefficiency. However, new management models that emphasize autonomy in contracting, human resources, and budgeting can improve efficie...

This work has the objective of describe and analyse the social representation of professional autonomy build by public health nurses. The methodology theoretical referencial was the Theory of Social Representation. Interviews were deeply made with 30 nurses of a city in state of Rio de Janeiro. The information was analysed by Alceste software. The results showed the professional autonomy drawin...

abstract background: one of the important factors in the prediction of family planning outcome is paying attention to women’s role in decision making concerning fertility and household affairs. with the improvement of women’s status and autonomy, their control over fertility is expected to increase. the present study aimed to investigate the association between women’s autonomy and family plann...

Case studies suggest that ethnic groups with autonomous institutional arrangements are more prone to secede, but other evidence indicates that autonomy reduces the likelihood of secession. To address this debate, we disaggregate their autonomy status into three categories—currently autonomous, never autonomous, and lost autonomy—and then unpack how each shapes the logic of collective action. We...