Background In involuntary psychiatric admission, used globally, professionals or caretakers
decide upon hospitalization regardless of what the person with psychosocial disabilities …

Political issues people care about such as racism, climate change, and democracy take on
new urgency and meaning in the light of technological developments such as AI. How can …

Advance directives emerged in the 1960s with the goal of empowering people to exert
control over their future medical decisions. However, it has become apparent, over recent …

The dominant, individualistic understanding of autonomy that features in clinical practice
and research is underpinned by the idea that people are, in their ideal form, independent …

The original edition of this accessible and interdisciplinary textbook was the first to consider
the ethical issues of digital media from a global perspective, introducing ethical theories from …

Social robots are robots that can interact socially with humans. As social robots and the
artificial intelligence (AI) that powers them becomes more advanced, they will likely take on …

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Muchos autores que se han ocupado de la autonomía personal parecen identificar la
capacidad de autonomía esencialmente con la capacidad de todo agente racional para …

The article focuses on developing a relational approach to autonomy that restricts normative
authority over decisions of import in practical identity and in relations of intersubjective …

Autonomous agents are self-governing agents. But what is a self-governing agent?
Governing oneself is no guarantee that one will have a greater range of options in the future …