Autonomy

Project Reflection Paper
Autonomy is the right to have freedom in terms of pursuing your life with independence as an individual. Autonomy can be divided into three different type of categories known as moral,personal, and political. Moral autonomy focuses on Kant’s idea of following the guidelines of what is morally justified rather than ensuing how or what other people are doing. Personal autonomy occurs when one is allowed to make choices for themselves and do what they please without any say regarding to these actions being morally acceptable or not. Political Autonomy is the condition that permits every human being respected and valued in accordance to politics. In addition to autonomy obtaining various concepts it also can be applied to daily occurrences. Topics such as psychology, feminism,politics, and bioethics are crucial subjects displayed as a means to autonomy.
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Although ethics is very diverse from psychology, politics, and health care it is evident that these crucial subject matters are indirectly affected by ethics. Psychological development is not only important in autonomy but also in life. In order for one to be able to self-govern, the individual must be developed psychologically. Self-actualization is the highest level on the hierarchy of needs, but in fact many people do not reach this level. One example of someone who has reached this level would include Martin Luther King Jr. Feminism is important in autonomy because it provides women the opportunity to be equal to men and have their own independence rather than being dependent on others. Autonomy has always been seen as masculine for having manly moral beliefs. According to Jessica Benjamin, “gender polarity underlines such familiar dualisms as autonomy and dependency”. I believe that in today’s generation women have came a long way towards gaining their own freedom in terms of