It remains a possibility that perfectly free people choose not to fight against their bad desires, but choose self-exaltation orself-determinationover anything else.From theCambridge English Corpus
A country that was civilized possessed a sense of nationhood, and as such displayed the political (and moral) capacity forself-determination.From theCambridge English Corpus
The focus is onself-determinationand the aim for participants is the more radical one of 'liberation'.From theCambridge English Corpus
Such a cultural orientation would downplay traditional notions ofself-determinationand the work ethic.From theCambridge English Corpus
There is still disagreement as to which areas of policy are parts of the right to internalself-determinationof indigenous peoples.From theCambridge English Corpus
The idea of bodilyself-determinationbased on ownership seems to bring the human body into line with other pieces of private property.From theCambridge English Corpus
Generally speaking, the human body and its parts were not viewed as commodities, even within the framework of the property paradigm of maximum bodilyself-determination.From theCambridge English Corpus
The principle of informed consent is recognition of an individual's right toself-determination, autonomy.From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the emergence of diversity in lifestyles indicates the existence of a greater margin ofself-determinationfor individuals.From theCambridge English Corpus
It conveys a counterintuitive view about the relationship between citizens and the state and denies any true right ofself-determination.From theCambridge English Corpus
Differentiating autonomy from individualism and independence : aself-determinationtheory perspective on internalisation of cultural orientations and well-being.From theCambridge English Corpus
First, thatself-determinationis impossible unless we presuppose an individual located within a community (otherwise choice can never "get off the ground").From theCambridge English Corpus
In the voting case, my obligation to vote derives from our collective project of realizing our civic freedom through collectiveself-determination.From theCambridge English Corpus
Obviously, this result would be extremely dangerous from the point of view of women's rights to privacy andself-determination.From theCambridge English Corpus
Doesn't autonomy go hand in hand with the freedom andself-determinationthat are upheld by most moral theories?From theCambridge English Corpus
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