Liberal autonomy in a troubled context
Autonomy, understood as self-rule, is almost routinely accepted as one of the core liberal concepts. Still, a closer view reveals that both the status and meaning of autonomy are controversial. The text departs from a short summary of the main theoretical disputes surrounding the concept. A...
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Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
2017-01-01
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| description | Autonomy, understood as self-rule, is almost routinely accepted as one of the
core liberal concepts. Still, a closer view reveals that both the status and
meaning of autonomy are controversial. The text departs from a short summary
of the main theoretical disputes surrounding the concept. A critique of the
standard internalist account is followed by an attempt to offer reasons for
accepting a relational reading of autonomy. The central question of the text
is context-specific. It asks about the possibility and meaning of liberal
autonomy in a society whose past is marked by mass regime-sponsored (and
sometimes widely supported) crimes. The background assumption is that mass
crime leaves actors in heteronomous condition. At stake is reestablishing
individual autonomies of two types of actors, whose group-specific identities
have been created by crime: the ethical community of those who share
collective identity with victims, and the ethical community of those who
share collective identity with perpetrators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9d58d1529a2419abb5c114e51d37c782022-12-21T22:50:02ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772017-01-012819010910.2298/FID1701090D0353-57381701090DLiberal autonomy in a troubled contextDimitrijević Nenad0Central European University, Political Science Department, Budapest, HungaryAutonomy, understood as self-rule, is almost routinely accepted as one of the core liberal concepts. Still, a closer view reveals that both the status and meaning of autonomy are controversial. The text departs from a short summary of the main theoretical disputes surrounding the concept. A critique of the standard internalist account is followed by an attempt to offer reasons for accepting a relational reading of autonomy. The central question of the text is context-specific. It asks about the possibility and meaning of liberal autonomy in a society whose past is marked by mass regime-sponsored (and sometimes widely supported) crimes. The background assumption is that mass crime leaves actors in heteronomous condition. At stake is reestablishing individual autonomies of two types of actors, whose group-specific identities have been created by crime: the ethical community of those who share collective identity with victims, and the ethical community of those who share collective identity with perpetrators.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2017/0353-57381701090D.pdfautonomyharmmoralityethicsspecial dutiesmemoryacknowledgment |
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| title | Liberal autonomy in a troubled context |
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| title_short | Liberal autonomy in a troubled context |
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