Autonomy

period of European history and cultural movement of the 17th and 18th centuries

In developmental psychology and moral, political, bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defined from a human resources perspective, where it denotes a (relatively high) level of discretion granted to an employee in their work. In such cases, autonomy is known to generally increase job satisfaction. Self-actualized individuals are thought to operate autonomously of external expectations. In a medical context, respect for a patient's personal autonom

Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. In this context, it is of significance in morality, ethics, law and politics as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights. The term may also be used to describe personal conduct, as in "behaving with dignity".

Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.

form of democracy where people decide on policy directly

A choice is the range of different things from which a being can choose. The arrival at a choice may incorporate motivators and models.

thumb|Ulysses and the Sirens (Draper)|Ulysses and the Sirens by H.J. Draper (1909) Self-control is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses. It is an aspect of inhibitory control, one of the core human executive functions. Executive functions are cognitive processes that are necessary for regulating one's behavior in order to achieve specific goals.

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freedom to end one's life

ethnic/national minority that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state

Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions used in such fields as law, medicine, research, and sexual consent. Consent, as understood in specific contexts, may differ from its everyday meaning. For example, a person with a mental disorder, a low mental age, or under the legal age of sexual consent may willingly engage in a sexual act that still cannot meet the legal threshold for consent as defined by applicable law.

cognitive theory of human motivation and personality

human right to personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination

region with some freedom from its central government

political doctrine which supports acquiring or preserving political autonomy of a nation or a region

contract

Self-ownership, also known as sovereignty of the individual or individual sovereignty, is the concept of property in one's own person, expressed as the moral or natural right of a person to have bodily integrity and be the exclusive controller of one's own body and life. Self-ownership is a central idea in several political philosophies that emphasize individualism, such as libertarianism, liberalism, and anarchism.

an individual's opportunity and autonomy to perform an action selected from at least two available options, including a creation, without being constrained by external parties

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provincial political party in Quebec, Canada

former Canadian political party

organization

active ending of life of a patient, at the patient's request or with consent

Hong Kong political movement favouring autonomy from Beijing

1878 treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Crete

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ideology advicating that diasporas be organized into geographically divided associations of "nations", thereby disjoining the concept of territory from the nation