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Private Rule Following and the Principle of Respect for Autonomy
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Smith, Nicholas
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Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Philosophy (Arts and Sciences).
Abstract
Beauchamp and Childress’s model of autonomous decision making suffers from a Kripkensteinian rule following problem: there must be a difference between meeting the criteria for an autonomous decision, and thinking the conditions for an autonomous decision have been met. Unfortunately, that which determines if the conditions have been met are all purely internal, private facts. Nothing in Beauchamp and Childress’s model as stated calls for anything public. Some public element must be added. The addition of the defense condition from Andrea Westlund’s formal relational theory of autonomy can add this public element without adding in a value-laden definition of autonomy, thereby providing a flexible and practical formulation of Beauchamp and Childress’s model.
Committee
Scott Carson (Advisor)
Arthur Zucker (Committee Member)
Mark LeBar (Committee Member)
Subject Headings
Philosophy
Keywords
Autonomy
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Private Language Argument
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Beauchamp and Childress
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Kripke
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Smith, N. (2015).
Private Rule Following and the Principle of Respect for Autonomy
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429884767
APA Style (7th edition)
Smith, Nicholas.
Private Rule Following and the Principle of Respect for Autonomy.
2015. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429884767.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Smith, Nicholas. "Private Rule Following and the Principle of Respect for Autonomy." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1429884767
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