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THE PARADOX OF GROUP AUTONOMY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2003

Christopher Heath Wellman
Affiliation:
Philosophy, Blumenfeld Center for Ethics, Georgia State University

Extract

This essay explores the prospects of developing a satisfying account of group autonomy without rejecting value-individualism. That is, I will examine whether one can adequately explain the moral reasons to respect a group's claim to self-determination while insisting that only individual persons are of ultimate moral value.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation

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