Heteronomy refers to action that is influenced by a force outside the individual. Immanuel Kant, drawing on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, considered such an action nonmoral. It is the counter/opposite of autonomy. Philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis contrasted heteronomy from autonomy in noting that while all societies create their own institutions (laws, ...
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an action which is determined by some outside influence (i.e., some force other than the freedom given by practical reason, such as inclination) impelling the subject to act in a certain way. Such action is nonmoral (i.e., neither moral nor immoral). (Cf. autonomy.)
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the principle of letting something other than the moral law determine what ought to be done. This replaces freedom with something outside of practical reason, such as a person's inclinations. Such actions on their own are nonmoral-i.e., neither moral nor immoral-but can be immoral if they prevent a person from doing their duty. (Cf. autonomy.)
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• (n.) Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy. • (n.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires.
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(from the article `Tillich, Paul`) ...freedom to explore life without sacrificing the essentials of a meaningful tradition became his early and lifelong preoccupation. It appears as a ...
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an action which is determined by some outside influence (i.e., some force other than the freedom given by practical reason, such as inclina¬tion) impelling the subject to act in a certain way. Such action is nonmoral (i.e., neither moral nor immoral). (Cf. autonomy.)
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Het`er·on'o·my noun 1. Subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to
autonomy .
2. (Metaph.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our pass...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: het′ĕr-on′ō-mē Definitions: 1. The condition or state of being heteronomous.
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heteronomous, heteronomy 1. Subject to different laws, involving different principles. 2. In biology, having different laws or modes of growth; applied to parts or members differentiated from the same primitive type. 3. Subject to different modes of growth or specialization, as organs or parts. 4. Subject to the direction or control of another; not...
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(Gr. hetero, other + nomos, law) See Autonomy.
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