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autonomy

vr.tr.autonomy · XCT.TME

Let an agent handle autonomy by holder, scope, legal basis and limits, neutrally across personal, political and technical senses.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle autonomy by holder, scope, legal basis and limits, neutrally across personal, political and technical senses.

The capacity of an agent, group or territory to govern itself: for individuals, self-determination in decisions; for territories, self-governance within a larger state, as in autonomous regions.

What it is for: Protecting self-determination of people, communities and territories.

It can be respect personal autonomy in decisions; describe territorial autonomy arrangements; assess the scope of self-governance; support autonomy in care and rehabilitation.

Distinguishing features

Self-governance or self-determination

Personal, political and technical senses

Territorial autonomy is not independence

Limits set by law or capacity

What it looks like

A status or capacity, not an appearance.

How it is recognised

Autonomy statutes for territories

Consent and capacity in personal decisions

Autonomous vehicles use a technical sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

freedom of action

is protected by - law

human rights and constitutions

is contrasted with - sovereignty

independence

is related to - personal decisions

consent

In practice

Families and kinds

personal autonomy

territorial autonomy

cultural and minority autonomy

institutional autonomy such as universities

autonomy in rehabilitation models

Standards and regulation

Territorial autonomy statutes such as the Aland Autonomy Act

Medical consent law

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 12

Failure modes and hazards

Conflating autonomy with independence

Overriding personal choices without lawful basis

Partisan framing of territorial disputes

Also called

self-governanceKhittatAutonomy of ÅlandClubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitationautonomismvillage shodshodself-governing rightsVoivodeship executive boardlocalism in Hong KongMurcian regionalismLombard nationalismautonomism in QuebecValencian regionalismJewish AutonomismForalismoCuarentaiunismoGuided autonomyfood autonomytariff autonomyreligious autonomyenergy autonomyrobot autonomysemi-autonomousconstitutive autonomyprofessional autonomyRegional autonomy

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Sense Which autonomy.

Senses differ.

Holder

Person, community, territory.

Holder

Autonomy holder.

  1. Whose autonomy is meant? definition
  2. Which specific entry fits? action

Scope

What is self-governed.

Scope

Scope.

  1. Over which matters does the holder decide? definition
  2. Where are the limits? boundary
Territorial Self-governing areas.

Territorial autonomy is legal.

Statute

Legal basis.

Statute

Legal basis.

  1. Which law or treaty grants the autonomy? provenance
  2. Which powers are devolved? definition

Neutrality

Disputes.

Neutrality

Balanced account.

  1. Is the description neutral where status is disputed? boundary
  2. Are positions attributed? boundary
Personal Self-determination.

Personal autonomy is a right.

Decisions

Consent.

Decisions

Personal decisions.

  1. Is the person able and supported to make this decision? boundary
  2. Has consent been given? boundary

Supported decisions

Disability rights.

Support

Supported decision-making.

  1. What supported decision-making is available? action
  2. Under which law? provenance
Institutional Organisations.

Institutions have autonomy too.

Bodies

Universities, agencies.

Bodies

Institutional autonomy.

  1. How autonomous is this institution? measurement
  2. Who can override it? provenance

Technical

Autonomous systems.

Technical

Technical sense.

  1. Is autonomy of machines or vehicles meant instead? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should personal and territorial autonomy be separate entries?
  • How should autonomy statutes be linked?
  • How should technical autonomy be split off?
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