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abstract: 'In this essay, the view that autonomy is always a good is challenged. Numerous examples of autonomous people who committed quite immoral acts are offered. It is further argued that many people who have behaved in quite admirable ways have not been autonomous '
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date: 2003-08
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keywords: 'autonomy, Kant, Socrates, Martin Luther King, Thomas Jefferson, Le Chambon'
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title: 'Autonomy, Behavior, & Moral Goodness'
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