--- abstract: 'In this essay, the view that autonomy is always a good is challenged. Numerous examples of autonomous people who committed quite immoral acts are offered. It is further argued that many people who have behaved in quite admirable ways have not been autonomous ' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - Syracuse University creators_name: - family: Thomas given: Laurence honourific: Professor lineage: '' date: 2003-08 date_type: published datestamp: 2006-09-01 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/51/07 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: [] eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5107 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5107/1/Autonomy0808.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: unpub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'autonomy, Kant, Socrates, Martin Luther King, Thomas Jefferson, Le Chambon' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:35 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: ~ refereed: FALSE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:07:05 subjects: - phil-ethics succeeds: 3015 suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Autonomy, Behavior, & Moral Goodness' type: other userid: 3947 volume: ~