Description: Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies : A Principle and Its Paradoxes, Hardcover by Foblets, Marie-Claire (EDT); Graziadei, Michele (EDT); Renteln, Alison Dundes (EDT), ISBN 1138220213, ISBN-13 9781138220218, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This volume addresses the exercise of personal autonomy in contemporary situations of normative pluralism. In the Western liberal tradition, from a strictly legal and theoretical perspective the social individual has the right to exercise the autonomy of his or her will. In a context of legal plurality, however, personal autonomy becomes more complicated. Can and should personal autonomy be recognized as a legal foundation for protecting a person’s freedom to renounce what others view as his or her fundamental 'human rights’? This collection develops an interdisciplinary conceptual framework to address these questions and presents empirical studies examining the gap between the principle of personal autonomy and its implementation. In a context of cultural diversity, this gap manifests itself in two particular ways. First, not every culture gives the same pre-eminence to personal autonomy when examining the legal effects of an individual’s acts. Second, in a society characterized by 'weak pluralism’, the legal assessment of personal autonomy often favours the views of the dominant majority. In highlighting these diverse perspectives and problematizing the so-called 'guardian function’ of human rights, ., purporting to protect weaker parties by limiting their personal autonomy in the name of gender equality, fair trial, etc., this book offers a nuanced approach to the principle of autonomy and addresses the questions of whether it can effectively be deployed in situations of internormativity and what conditions must be met in order to ensure that it is not rendered devoid of all meaning.
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Book Title: Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies : A Principle and Its Parad
Number of Pages: 302 Pages
Publication Name: Personal Autonomy in Plural Societies : a Principle and Its Paradoxes
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Human Rights, Civil Rights, General, Anthropology / General, Comparative
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2017
Item Weight: 24.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology
Author: Michele Graziadei
Series: Law and Anthropology Ser.
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Hardcover
