0 the ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed
It remains a possibility that perfectly free people choose not to fight against their bad desires, but choose self-exaltation or self-determination over anything else.
A country that was civilized possessed a sense of nationhood, and as such displayed the political (and moral) capacity for self-determination.
The focus is on self-determination and the aim for participants is the more radical one of 'liberation'.
Such a cultural orientation would downplay traditional notions of self-determination and the work ethic.
There is still disagreement as to which areas of policy are parts of the right to internal self-determination of indigenous peoples.
The idea of bodily self-determination based on ownership seems to bring the human body into line with other pieces of private property.
Generally speaking, the human body and its parts were not viewed as commodities, even within the framework of the property paradigm of maximum bodily self-determination.
The principle of informed consent is recognition of an individual's right to self-determination, autonomy.
