{"id":1674,"date":"2006-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wptest\/2006\/01\/12\/in-what-ways-can-people-with-autism-be-considered-free-and-is-it-ethically-correct-for-us-to-make-decisions-on-their-behalf\/"},"modified":"2006-01-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-12T00:00:00","slug":"in-what-ways-can-people-with-autism-be-considered-free-and-is-it-ethically-correct-for-us-to-make-decisions-on-their-behalf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/2006\/01\/12\/in-what-ways-can-people-with-autism-be-considered-free-and-is-it-ethically-correct-for-us-to-make-decisions-on-their-behalf\/","title":{"rendered":"In What Ways can People with Autism be Considered Free and is it Ethically Correct for us to make Decisions on their Behalf?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Territory \u2022 I wished to look at those with autistic spectrum disorders and the treatment methods that are used to attempt to improve, or even cure, this condition. Philosophical Concepts \u2022 I looked at Sartre\u2019s and Descartes theories on freedom in order to make a comparison between the two. Key texts used were \u2018Nausea\u2019 by Sartre and \u2018Meditations on First Philosophy\u2019 by Rene Descartes. \u2022 Also given consideration was Kant\u2019s \u2018Categorical Imperative\u2019 taken from his work \u2018Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals.\u2019 This was a deontological ethical theory, concentrating on the act itself, not the consequences. \u2022 Kant\u2019s theory was compared with a teleological theory. I looked at Mill\u2019s Utilitarianism to show the contrast between looking at the consequences of the act, as opposed to the act itself. Aims and Objectives. \u2022 To reach a conclusion on how much freedom those with Autism need\/should be given. \u2022 To discuss whether those who care for them have the right to make decisions on their behalf, and if so is this compromising their freedom \u2022 Look at whether it is the act itself or the consequences of the act that is important in making an ethical decision. \u2022 Decide whether we should follow Kant\u2019s older ethical theory or Mill\u2019s modernised version of Utilitarianism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Murray, 2006, Stage 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8792,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461,22,128],"tags":[68,199,40],"class_list":["post-1674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-461","category-abstracts","category-stage-2-abstracts","tag-descartes","tag-neurodivergance","tag-sartre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}