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A Conceptual Framework to Safeguard the Neuroright to Personal Autonomy
In this article, we propose a philosophical exploration on the main problems involved in two neurorights that concern autonomous action, namely free...
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Paternalism and Liberty/Autonomy as Dialectically Related Concepts
Following a seminal definition by Gerald Dworkin, paternalism comprises interventions which interfere with the liberty or autonomy of a person, lack...
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Respecting Personal Autonomy in Bioethics: Relational Autonomy as a Corrective?
Focusing mainly on respect for autonomy, particularly autonomous choices and actions in bioethical decisions, I examine several complexities of...
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Why we have duties of autonomy towards marginal agents
Patients are usually granted autonomy rights, including the right to consent to or refuse treatment. These rights are commonly attributed to patients...
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Rationales and Approaches to Protecting Brain Data: a Sco** Review
Advances in neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data analytics are allowing interpretation of patterns from brain data to...
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Work Relationships and Autonomy
Many people lack autonomy because they work jobs that deny them significant and meaningful control over what they do. The negative impact of this can...
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Relational autonomy and paternalism – why the physician-patient relationship matters
Both paternalism and relational autonomy are two concepts that are much discussed in medical ethics. Strangely enough, they have hardly been...
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Autonomy-based bioethics and vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic: towards an African relational approach
The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked new interest in the notion of vulnerability and in identifying alternative approaches for responding to vulnerable...
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Who Is in Control? Autonomy, Responsibility, Explainability
The chapter is dedicated to analysing significant ways in which driving automation transforms road transport as an ethical experience. It starts with...
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Autonomy
Autonomy is a central theoretical and political concept in Gustavo Esteva’s thought and life. His presence in the dialogue between the Mexican...
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(Mis)representations of Kant’s moral theory in applied ethics textbooks: emphasis on universalizability, absence of autonomy
This study examined representations of Kant’s theory of ethics in three applied ethics open textbooks. In two of the three textbooks, the concept of...
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Conceptualizing Autonomy in Health Care and Policy
The concept of autonomy plays important roles in clinical practice, medical research, and public health. While there is agreement that autonomy is an...
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Decolonizing AI Ethics: Relational Autonomy as a Means to Counter AI Harms
Many popular artificial intelligence (AI) ethics frameworks center the principle of autonomy as necessary in order to mitigate the harms that might...
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Is “Autonomy Talk” Misleading?
Especially during the last three decades, there has been a fine-grained debate on the notion of personal autonomy. This article will suggest taking...
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A Revision on Waldron’s Autonomy Defense of Moral Rights
The argument I defend in this paper challenges whether Waldron’s explanation of the conditions required for a moral right to satisfy its...
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Limiting Access to Certain Anonymous Information: From the Group Right to Privacy to the Principle of Protecting the Vulnerable
An issue about the privacy of the clustered groups designed by algorithms arises when attempts are made to access certain pieces of information about...
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Respecting living kidney donor autonomy: an argument for liberalising living kidney donor acceptance criteria
Doctors routinely refuse donation offers from prospective living kidney donors with certain comorbidities such as diabetes or obesity out of concern...
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Assisted Dying and the Proper Role of Patient Autonomy
A governing principle in medical ethics is respect for patient autonomy. This principle is commonly drawn upon in order to argue for the...
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Personal health monitoring in the armed forces – scouting the ethical dimension
BackgroundThe field of personal health monitoring (PHM) develops rapidly in different contexts, including the armed forces. Understanding the ethical...
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Protecting the Mind Challenges in Law, Neuroprotection, and Neurorights
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of philosophical, social, ethical, and legal challenges arising as a consequences of current advances in...
