Assertion: autonomy | /r/HasProperty | necessary for functioning democracy
Facets:
value: insofar
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Insofar as autonomy is necessary for a functioning democracy (considered very broadly), and the latter is a constitutive element of just political institutions, then autonomy must be seen as reflective self-appraisal (and, I would add, non-alienation from central aspects of one's person) (see Cohen 2002, Richardson 2003).