Autonomy

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani links autonomy to freedom in the modern sense, as Kant conceives it: drawing one's principles neither from God nor from nature1. For him, Rousseau is its forerunner. Nature and God form a given that makes man heteronomous, and Rousseau brings the idea that obeying the law one has prescribed for oneself is to be free2. From this he draws a distinction: doing what one pleases is not being free, since it still means following an external law, and so remaining heteronomous3. In a 2021 question-and-answer session about an eco-cabin in a ZAD, he notes that the term recurs in current discourse, whether ecological, economic or personal, and that it can turn against freedom4. He then distinguishes Kantian autonomy from autonomy as it is understood today, which consists in making oneself independent of the rest of society5.

1. 1L comme Liberté26 Dec 2014 · 6:15
2. 2#1.5 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Dec 2015 · 1:21:35
3. 3Kant11 Dec 2015 · 54:54
4. 4Mon éco-cabane dans la ZAD : autonomie ou aliénation ? • Q&A Philosophique • Dominique Pagani30 Apr 2021 · 6:33
5. 5Mon éco-cabane dans la ZAD : autonomie ou aliénation ? • Q&A Philosophique • Dominique Pagani30 Apr 2021 · 8:15

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