independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual.
In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy [note 1] is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing
the ability to function in an independent fashion. 2. in bioethics, self-determination that is free from both controlling interferences by others and personal limitations preventing meaningful choice (such as inadequate understanding or faulty reasoning)
the right of an organization, country, or region to be independent and govern itself
the state or condition of self-governance, or leading one’s life according to reasons, values, or desires that are authentically one’s own.
Autonomy is the aspect of persons that undue paternalism offends against.
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