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Autonomy and identity: the need for new dialogues in education and welfare
Author(s) -
Robertson Christopher
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9604.00203
Subject(s) - autonomy , individualism , identity (music) , sociology , welfare , personal autonomy , social psychology , gender studies , epistemology , psychology , environmental ethics , political science , law , aesthetics , philosophy
In this discussion of the relationship between autonomy and disability, Christopher Robertson encourages the reader to re‐examine the too readily accepted idea that autonomy should be the goal of life. Importantly, he reminds us that we are all more dependent on others, and on interdependence, than we are willing to acknowledge. Robertson provides useful examples from other cultures and from feminist writing to demonstrate that individualism need not drive society.