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Heteronomy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from Gr. 'mpos and vogos, the rule of another), the state of being under the rule of another person. In ethics the term is specially used as the antithesis of "autonomy," which, especially in Kantian terminology, treats of the true self as will, determining itself by its own law, the moral law. "Heteronomy" is therefore applied by Kant to all other ethical systems, inasmuch as they place the individual in subjection to external laws of conduct.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Heteronomy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/heteronomy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Heteronomy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/heteronomy.html. 1910.