Autonomy, Interdependence, and Responsibility

Autonomy, criminal responsibility, and competence.

Recently, Juth and Lorentzon proposed to replace the concept of free will, as considered relevant in criminal responsibility, with the concept of autonomy. In addition, they conceived of the assessment of criminal responsibility in terms of a decision-making process. In this article, I suggest that, based on these characterizations, there is an essential similarity between assessments of crimin...

Autonomy and interdependence: Quandaries in research ethics

The autonomy of research participants is crucial in research ethics without which it will be difficult to carry out research. Central to the concept of autonomy is the debate on whether the cultural norms of individuals (particularly women) should be given priority in settings where these norms require that researchers should go through male heads such as husbands and traditional leaders. This ...

Ethical Decision Making in Robots: Autonomy, Trust and Responsibility - Autonomy Trust and Responsibility

Autonomous robots such as self-driving cars are already able to make decisions that have ethical consequences. As such machines make increasingly complex and important decisions, we will need to know that their decisions are trustworthy and ethically justified. Hence we will need them to be able to explain the reasons for these decisions: ethical decision-making requires that decisions be expla...

Nietzsche's Autonomy, Responsibility, and Will Unification

Cross-cultural parenting: reflections on autonomy and interdependence.

As pediatricians to an ever-diversifying population, we encounter a range of parenting styles and beliefs, particularly among recent immigrants to the United States. Most pediatricians received some cultural competency training during medical school, focused mainly on how different cultures interpret and treat illness. However, at many well-child visits, the conversation inevitably turns to que...