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The Theory and Practice of Autonomy

Laurence Thomas
- 01 Jan 1990 - 
- Vol. 31, Iss: 1, pp 38-40
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This article is published in Philosophical Books.The article was published on 1990-01-01. It has received 593 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Autonomy.

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Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: does psychology need choice, self-determination, and will?

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The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

TL;DR: Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as mentioned in this paper maintains that an understanding of human motivation requires a consideration of innate psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness, emphasizing that needs specify the necessary conditions for psychological growth, integrity, and well-being.
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Self‐determination theory and work motivation

TL;DR: The authors describes self-determination theory as a theory of work motivation and shows its relevance to theories of organizational behavior, which has received widespread attention in the education, health care, and sport domains.
Book

Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence

TL;DR: The authors presented a model of social change that predicts how the value systems play a crucial role in the emergence and flourishing of democratic institutions, and that modernisation brings coherent cultural changes that are conducive to democratisation.
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Privacy as contextual integrity

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that public surveillance violates a right to privacy because it violates contextual integrity; as such, it constitutes injustice and even tyranny, and propose a new construct called contextual integrity as an alternative benchmark for privacy.
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Self-regulation and the problem of human autonomy: does psychology need choice, self-determination, and will?

TL;DR: There is a universal and cross-developmental value to autonomous regulation when the construct is understood in an exacting way and some of the controversies and terminological issues surrounding the construct of autonomy are addressed.