"This does not mean surrendering our autonomy, it means making the most of our high degree of autonomy defined in the Basic Law," the territory's mini-Constitution, he said in a speech at the Foreign Correspondents Clubb.
At the same time, a form of autonomy that is already deployable now is "level 4 autonomy", defined as autonomy in some environments some of the time.
It has been suggested that strong substantive theories conflate autonomy (defined as self-rule) with morally right-rule (Benson 2005, 132).
But the contemporary understanding of autonomy within the field of bioethics has been distinctly unKantian in its jettisoning of Kant's metaphysics of action and his key distinction between autonomy, defined as allegiance to universal and rational moral law, and heteronomy, defined as the determination of action by "mere" individually defined interests.
No, the biggest life goodie is "autonomy," defined as "the feeling that your life -- its activities and habits -- are self-chosen and self-endorsed".
Obtaining a patient's informed consent is a legal requirement [ 39] and builds on the idea of autonomy, defined as self-governance or self-rule, the individual's capacity for reflection and unforced choice and the freedom to express individual requests and preferences.
Results from PISA suggested that school autonomy in defining the curriculum and assessment methods relates positively to overall performance.
The increase in duration of patent protection impedes Ghana's autonomy over defining their population's therapeutic needs.
They have their own spaces, a separate identity, and the autonomy to define their own culture.
"This decision enshrines the radical notion that the State of New York should forfeit its autonomy to define marriage for itself," he said.
