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==Origin==

==Origin==

The term autonomia/Autonome was first used in 1620, having been composed out of two [[Greek]] words, "auto–nomos", referring to someone or something which lives by his/her own rule. ''Autonomy'', in this sense, is not [[independence]]. While independence refers to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarky autarchic] kind of life, [[separated]] from the [[community]], ''autonomy'' refers to life in [[society]] but by one's own rule. Though the notion of ''autonomism'' was alien to the ancient Greeks, whose society was not an all-[[inclusive]] one, the concept is indirectly endorsed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle], who stated that only [[beasts]] or gods could be independent and live apart from the ''polis'' ("community"), while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant Kant] defined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment Enlightenment] by autonomy of [[thought]] and the famous "Sapere aude" ("[[dare]] to know").

The term autonomia/Autonome was first used in 1620, having been composed out of two [[Greek]] words, "auto–nomos", referring to someone or something which lives by his/her own rule. ''Autonomy'', in this sense, is not [[independence]]. While independence refers to an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarky autarchic] kind of life, [[separated]] from the [[community]], ''autonomy'' refers to life in [[society]] but by one's own rule. Though the notion of ''autonomism'' was alien to the ancient Greeks, whose society was not an all-[[inclusive]] one, the concept is indirectly endorsed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle Aristotle], who stated that only [[beasts]] or gods could be independent and live apart from the ''polis'' ("community"), while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant Kant] defined the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment Enlightenment] by autonomy of [[thought]] and the famous "Sapere aude" ("[[dare]] to know").

*Date: circa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1623]

*Date: circa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1623]

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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*3 : a self-governing state

*3 : a self-governing state

==Description==

==Description==

'''Autonomy''' (Ancient [[Greek]]: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος autonomos from αὐτο- auto- "self" + νόμος nomos, "[[law]]" "one who gives oneself his/her own law") 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, un-coerced [[decision]]. In moral and political philosophy, autonomy is often used as the basis for determining moral respectibility for one's [[actions]]. One of the best known philosophical theories of autonomy was developed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant Kant]. In [[medicine]], respect for the autonomy of patients is an important goal, though it can [[conflict]] with a [[competing]] [[ethical]] principle, namely beneficence. Politically, it is also used to refer to the self-governing of a people.

'''Autonomy''' (Ancient [[Greek]]: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος autonomos from αὐτο- auto- "self" + νόμος nomos, "[[law]]" "one who gives oneself his/her own law") 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, un-coerced [[decision]]. In moral and political philosophy, autonomy is often used as the basis for determining moral respectibility for one's [[actions]]. One of the best known philosophical theories of autonomy was developed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kant Kant]. In [[medicine]], respect for the autonomy of patients is an important goal, though it can [[conflict]] with a [[competing]] [[ethical]] principle, namely beneficence. Politically, it is also used to refer to the self-governing of a people.

[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: Political Science]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]