Assertion: autonomy | /r/HasProperty | respected
Facets:
value: for a devotion to others
type: PURPOSE
value: for self-discipline
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A good relationship between a patient and a health care practitioner needs to be well defined to ensure that autonomy of a patient is respected.
text: Rather, autonomy, based on a conscious, scientific understanding of , is a respect for self-discipline and a devotion to others that leads us to freely choose what we see as necessary for optimizing the human condition (and possibly the well-being of all sentient creatures).
text: But we surely vary in our ability to reach that ideal, so why should our autonomy be regarded as equally worthy?
text: Combining this view with the endorsement constraint, liberalism carries the implication that autonomy is respected only when guiding values or principles in a society can be embraced in some way by those governed by them.
text: To take a homely example, the patient who exercises their autonomy to decide not to have cosmetic surgery on their nose can be confident that their autonomy will be respected.