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Controlled Authenticity: A Hybrid Account Of Personal Autonomy, Eric Fox
Controlled Authenticity: A Hybrid Account Of Personal Autonomy, Eric Fox
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
This thesis explores the concept of authenticity as a mode of self-identity, and how an added layer of control through the application of personal autonomy enables an agent to more readily achieve authentic states of being and satisfaction. Comparing the work of Diana Meyers and Marina Oshana, two prominent, contemporary writers in the field of personal autonomy, this paper attempts to establish the ground works for what components are necessary to a personal autonomy account as well as highlighting the contrasting aspects of both views. The paper engages in a synthesis of these two views, combining the social-relational theory of …