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Kines 100 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Autonomy Answer: The ability to make your own decisions without being
controlled by anyone else
How is autonomy a cornerstone of ethics? Answer: - The state or condition of
self governance
- An ability to make informed, voluntary choices free of coercion
- UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1:
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood."
- John Stuart Mill (19th century English philosopher)
"Over himself, over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign"
What are the 3 conditions for an action or plan to be autonomous? Answer: -
Voluntarily chosen
- With understanding
- Without controlling influences
What is having respect for autonomy? Answer: Involves acknowledging
persons' value and decision making rights and enabling them to act
autonomously
What are the two types of obligations? Answer: -Negative
-Positive
negative obligation Answer: - Autonomous individuals should not be subjected
to controlling constraints of others
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- You decide to do what you want
Positive obligation Answer: - We must foster autonomous decision-making
- Be able to make an informed choice
Negative Autonomy EXTERNAL Answer: - Connected to external controlling
influences
- Individuals gain by removing what DOES NOT allow them to make their
choices
- However, in some cases, controlling influences become affordances, allowing
people to make choices that would be impossible with such influences
what are the negative aspects of negative autonomy external? Answer: -
Socioeconomic conditions
- Environmental threats
- Other people's choice (injury or communicable disease)
Positive Autonomy INTERNAL Answer: - Individuals' internal capacities for
action
- Individuals gain autonomy by enhancing their decision making capacities
what are the positive aspects of positive autonomy internal? Answer: -
Movement
- Read and think critically
- Understand one's situation
Key difference between freedom and autonomy Answer: - Freedom concerns
the ability to act, without external or internal constraints and with sufficient
resources and power to make one's desires effective
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Kines 100 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Autonomy Answer: The ability to make your own decisions without being
controlled by anyone else
How is autonomy a cornerstone of ethics? Answer: - The state or condition of
self governance
- An ability to make informed, voluntary choices free of coercion
- UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1:
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood."
- John Stuart Mill (19th century English philosopher)
"Over himself, over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign"
What are the 3 conditions for an action or plan to be autonomous? Answer: -
Voluntarily chosen
- With understanding
- Without controlling influences
What is having respect for autonomy? Answer: Involves acknowledging
persons' value and decision making rights and enabling them to act
autonomously
What are the two types of obligations? Answer: -Negative
-Positive
negative obligation Answer: - Autonomous individuals should not be subjected
to controlling constraints of others
, 2
- You decide to do what you want
Positive obligation Answer: - We must foster autonomous decision-making
- Be able to make an informed choice
Negative Autonomy EXTERNAL Answer: - Connected to external controlling
influences
- Individuals gain by removing what DOES NOT allow them to make their
choices
- However, in some cases, controlling influences become affordances, allowing
people to make choices that would be impossible with such influences
what are the negative aspects of negative autonomy external? Answer: -
Socioeconomic conditions
- Environmental threats
- Other people's choice (injury or communicable disease)
Positive Autonomy INTERNAL Answer: - Individuals' internal capacities for
action
- Individuals gain autonomy by enhancing their decision making capacities
what are the positive aspects of positive autonomy internal? Answer: -
Movement
- Read and think critically
- Understand one's situation
Key difference between freedom and autonomy Answer: - Freedom concerns
the ability to act, without external or internal constraints and with sufficient
resources and power to make one's desires effective
vs.
