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...McDowell??s lecture, entitled “Autonomy and Its Burdens,” discussed the nature of human autonomy—or, “what it is to be in control of one’s life...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Philosopher Lectures on Human Responsibility | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...McDowell??who contrasted humans, as reasoning beings, against animals—described the human characteristic of autonomy as the self-government of the mind and “the capacity of an individual to determine her thought or act for herself...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Philosopher Lectures on Human Responsibility | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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