Definition of Autonomy

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Autonomy

The power or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

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.

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Autonomy Quotations

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.
Denis Waitley

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is.
Gloria Steinem

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
Jack Kevorkian

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
Jack Kevorkian

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.
Simone Weil

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.
Anna Quindlen

I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.
Nigella Lawson

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life.
Georg Simmel

As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.
Ben Kingsley

Autonomy Translations

autonomy in French is autonomie

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