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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Capacity for control, discretion or political self-governance}}<br /> {{other uses}}<br /> {{redirect|Autonomous|the novel|Autonomous (novel)}}<br /> {{distinguish|Autotomy}}<br /> <br /> In [[developmental psychology]] and [[morality|moral]], [[political]], and [[bioethics|bioethical]] [[philosophy]], &#039;&#039;&#039;autonomy&#039;&#039;&#039;{{NoteTag|{{lang-grc|αὐτονομία|autonomia}}, from {{lang|grc|αὐτόνομος}}, &#039;&#039;autonomos&#039;&#039;, from αὐτο- &#039;&#039;auto-&#039;&#039; &quot;self&quot; and νόμος &#039;&#039;nomos&#039;&#039;, &quot;law&quot;, hence when combined understood to mean &quot;one who gives oneself one&#039;s own [[law]]&quot;}} is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous [[organization]]s or [[institution]]s are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defined from a [[human resources]] perspective, where it denotes a (relatively high) level of discretion granted to an employee in his or her work.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |last=Dewey|first=C.R.|title=Autonomy without a self }}&lt;/ref&gt; In such cases, autonomy is known to generally increase [[job satisfaction]]. [[Self-actualization|Self-actualized]] individuals are thought to operate autonomously of external expectations.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|last=Bordages|first=John Walter|date=1989-06-01|title=Self-Actualization and Personal Autonomy|journal=Psychological Reports|language=en|volume=64|issue=3_suppl|pages=1263–1266|doi=10.2466/pr0.1989.64.3c.1263|s2cid=146406002|issn=0033-2941}}&lt;/ref&gt; In a [[Medicine|medical]] context, respect for a patient&#039;s personal autonomy is considered one of many fundamental [[Medical ethics|ethical principles in medicine]].</div>

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