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Showing 1 to 20 of 3216 for “"Autonomy"”.
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AUTONOMY AND THE ANTHROPOCENE
… by the Anthropocene of rethinking the concept of autonomy which is no longer viable in the conditions of the new epoch. It explores how nature can be considered a condition of autonomy understood as the self-realisation of the individual identity. It also explores the notion of autonomy as …
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Autonomy in genetic counseling
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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The concept of autonomy
… this question under the rubric of the concept of autonomy, although the number of near-synonyms in the philosophical literature means that I could, perhaps, have referred instead in my title to concepts such as freedom, responsibility, independence, authenticity, self-determination, self-identity, …
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Limitations on the Precedent Autonomy
Abstract: Over the course of the next two decades an unprecedented number of Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In order that their consent to or rejection of medical treatment is truly informed, they need accurate and relevant information, including, but not limited to, the …
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Respecting autonomy: Education in practice
… dissertation I examine the concept of personal autonomy and what it means to respect its exercise within the context of healthcare. In doing so I work to provide a model for doing medical ethics that is educational rather than exhortative, whose focus is helping healthcare providers (HCPs) …
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The autonomy of the political
… and critically assesses five arguments for the autonomy of the political. The arguments I examine are those of Niccol6 Machiavelli, Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, Carl Schmitt, and John Rawls. After presenting what I believe to be the most plausible reconstructions of these arguments for the …
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Essays on Professionals' Temporal Autonomy
… face difficulties expanding their temporal autonomy, and identifying mechanisms and processes that can address these barriers. I draw upon data from four separate ethnographic studies of STEM professionals. In my first essay, I identify conditions under which managers either support or limit …
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Tévhitek az autonómiáról: Székelyföld autonómiájának alkotmányossága = Misbeliefs about Autonomy: The Constitutionality of the Autonomy of Szeklerland
… in Romanian politics, that a territorial autonomy arrangement would violate the constitution of the country, and is therefore not feasible. This theoretical concept arises from the misinterpretation of the connection between state and autonomy, and as such can be falsified by the …
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Threats to Autonomy from Emerging ICT’s
… investigates possible future threats to human autonomy created by currently emerging ICT’s. Prepared for evaluation as PhD by Publication, it consists of four journal papers and one book chapter, together with explanatory material. The ICT’s under examination are drawn from the results of the …
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Safe shared autonomy and evaluation metrics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Algorithms for persistent autonomy and surveillance
In this thesis, we consider the problem of monitoring stochastic, time-varying events occurring at discrete locations. Our problem formulation extends prior work in persistent surveillance by considering the objective of successfully completing monitoring tasks in unknown, dynamic environments …
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Increased autonomy for planetary rover operations
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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On the Intelligibility of Grounding Autonomy
… that, at the very least, the crucial notion (autonomy) on which the former's view rests is intelligible, if it is not tenable.
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Human-autonomy teaming for improved diver navigation
Diving operations are inherently complex due to navigation and communication limitations. Until recently, fixed-beacon acoustic localization techniques have served as the primary means of improving diver navigation. However, modern artificial intelligence and acoustic modem technologies have …
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Critical autonomy: Investigating social class and education
… dissertation develops the concept of critical autonomy as a theoretical framework to guide responses to social class oppression in schooling. The project is grounded on Cheryl Misak and C. S. Peirce's arguments about inquiry and their implications for holding knowledge claims, especially claims …
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Justice for children: The development of autonomy
… or imbalance. To do so, I focus upon the norm of autonomy, and consider how social institutions might be arranged and resources might be distributed so as to allow for due respect---but also, at a prior stage, allow for the proper cultivation---of persons' autonomy. In other words, I …
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