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To clarify the conceptual scope, weight, and normative boundaries of the principle of respect for personal autonomy in biomedical ethics.

The Place of Autonomy in Bioethics

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To clarify the conceptual scope, weight, and normative boundaries of the principle of respect for personal autonomy in biomedical ethics.
Conducted a normative conceptual analysis of respect for personal autonomy within biomedical ethics frameworks.
Evaluated the dual function of autonomy as an action-constraining moral limit that is itself limited in application.
Characterized respect for personal autonomy as an important constraint on actions that nonetheless possesses limited moral weight and practical scope.
Demonstrated that bioethical debates are distorted by both critics and defenders who treat autonomy as an oversimplified, overextended, and overweighted principle.

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Ethical analysis demonstrates bounded autonomy in healthcare decision-making, indicating that its moral scope and weight are frequently overstated.

James F. Childress (1990) studied this question.

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Ethical analysis demonstrates bounded autonomy in healthcare decision-making, indicating that its moral scope and weight are frequently overstated.