Look up: autonomy

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   Autonomy
   An ethical principle which, when applied to managed care, states that managed care organizations and their providers have a duty to respect the right of their members to make their own decisions about the course of their own lives.
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   autonomy
   [n] - personal independence 2. [n] - immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
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   autonomy
   In politics, a term used to describe political self-government of a state or, more commonly, a subdivision of a state. Autonomy may be based upon cultural or ethnic differences and often leads...
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   Autonomy
   Au·ton'o·my noun [ Greek ...: confer French autonomie . See Autonomous .] 1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. 2. (Metaph.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and ...
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   autonomy
   1. The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state. ... 2. <psychology> The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. ... Origin: Gr. ...
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   autonomy
   self-reliance noun personal independence
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   Autonomy
   `Autonomy` (Greek: Auto-Nomos - `nomos` meaning `law`: one who gives oneself his/her own law) is the right to self-government. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it refers to the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, uncoerced decision. In moral and political philosophy, autonomy is often used as the basis for determining moral responsibility for one's actions. One o...
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   autonomy
   (aw-ton´ә-me) the ability to function in an independent fashion. in
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   Autonomy
   • (n.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man`s power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty. • (n.) The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.Autonomy: words in ...
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    autonomy
    (from the article `Jesus Christ`) ...nor did he denounce Moses and the law. Nevertheless, during his Galilean ministry some people regarded him with hostility and suspicion, partly ... ...synthesis in theonomy. Heteronomy (alien rule) is the cultural and spiritual condition when traditional norms and values become rigid, external ... ...
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    autonomy
    (from the article `bioethics`) ...along these lines, known as the `four principles` of bioethics, attempts to describe a set of minimum moral conditions on the behaviour of health ...
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    autonomy
    autonomy 1. The condition or quality of being autonomous; independence. 2. A self-government or the right of self-government; self-determination. 3. Self-government with respect to local or internal affairs: granted autonomy to a national minority. 4. A self-governing state, community, or group. 5. The quality or state of being independent, free, and s...
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    autonomy
    The condition or state of being autonomous, able to make decisions unaided by others. [auto- + G. nomos, law]
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    autonomy
    an action which is determined by the subject's own free choice (see will). In the second Critique, moral action is defined as being au¬tono¬mous. (Cf. heteronomy.)
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    autonomy
    autonomy (ôton'umē) [Gr.,=self-rule], in a political sense, limited self-government, short of independence, of a political state or, more frequently, of a subdivision. The term is also used for other self-governing units, such as a parish, a corporation, or a religious sect. A test o...
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    Autonomy
    (Gr. autonomia, independence) Freedom consisting in self-determination and independence of all external constraint. See Freedom. Kant defines autonomy of the will as subjection of the will to its own law, the categorical imperative, in contrast to heteronomy, its subjection to a law or end outside the rational will. (Fundamental Principles of the ...
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