Chapter 3- Personal Autonomy And Moral Agency

Question 0

What makes a choice a real choice? When are you responsible?

Answer 0

It is a real choice if it is made voluntary/ free and with full knowledge/ informed

If it does not contain either it is not a real choice; you are not responsible

Question 1

What is autonomous?

Answer 1

Self determining individuals who make choices freely

Question 2

What are the three sets of conditions that a person must satisfy to make their choice genuinely autonomous?

Answer 2

Independence conditions, competency conditions, authenticity conditions

Question 3

What are independence conditions?

Answer 3

A condition in which a person must be capable of making her own free choices without being controlled by any external constraints or inner compulsions

Does not require much thought

Question 4

What are competency conditions?

Answer 4

Conditions in which a person is capable of rationally deliberating in making her/ his choices

Deliberation that requires more thinking; incorporates the use of you values and beliefs

Question 5

What are authenticity conditions?

Answer 5

Conditions in which a person must be capable of reflecting upon her/his own goals and values, of choosing some and discarding others

Requires the most thinking; question own values and beliefs

Question 6

What is moral incompetent?

Answer 6

A person who lacks autonomy for any significant length of time

Question 7

What is moral responsibility?

Answer 7

This implies that a person can be appropriately blamed or praised for his/ her choices

Question 8

What is moral defense?

Answer 8

This means that others ought not to interfere with the choices of an autonomous person

Question 9

What is paternalism?

Answer 9

Overruling or interfering with another person’s choice or action for that person’s own good

Question 10

What are moral agents?

Answer 10

They are autonomous persons who employ their autonomy in making actual moral choices

Question 11

What is moral agency?

Answer 11

It is what moral agents practice; making a choice in a particular situation

Question 12

What are the three levels of moral agency?

Answer 12

Independent choice, Competent choice, Authentic choice

Question 13

What is an independent choice?

Answer 13

Making a free choice without constraint or compulsion

Question 14

What is a competent choice?

Answer 14

Making a free choice without constraint or compulsion and deliberates in making that choice

Question 15

What is authentic choice?

Answer 15

Making a free choice without constraint or compulsion, deliberates in making that choice, and has authentically assessed her/his own values

Question 16

What are the two views regarding the nature of autonomy?

Answer 16

The value-free autonomy and the value-guided autonomy

Question 17

What is value-free autonomy?

Answer 17

It is the view that autonomy is completely unconstrained by all influences as possible

Question 18

What is value-guided autonomy?

Answer 18

The view of autonomy being fully realizing our true potential rather that as simply being free from constraints