Autonomy as Welfare Good

The idea that autonomy itself is a welfare good, which may require substantive independence of mind.

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Once More, Without Feeling (Mogensen 2025)
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The working paper itself, presenting a pluralist theory of moral standing and arguing that autonomy can ground moral standing without welfare subjectivity.

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Knowledge as Welfare Goodconcept0.826
The putative objective welfare good of knowledge, possibly inaccessible to agents without full beliefs.
Autonomy does not entail welfare subjectivity.claim0.819
Key premise that autonomy can exist without the capacity for welfare.
Autonomyconcept0.804
A psychological capacity for self-government, enabling an individual to be the author of her own thoughts and actions.
Both welfare subjectivity and autonomy can confer moral status.claim0.799
Central thesis of the paper.
The welfare good of knowledge may be inaccessible to an autonomous agent who has only credences, not full beliefs.claim0.794
Alternative welfare goods may be inaccessible to Artemis.
Autonomy can ground moral standing in the absence of welfare subjectivity.claim0.790
Consequence of the pluralist view.
Welfare considerations have a distinctive role in grounding positive obligations to aid, distinct from respect for autonomy.claim0.770
Practical relevance of the welfare/autonomy distinction.
An agent satisfying the sufficient conditions for autonomy (Artemis) need not be a welfare subject.claim0.766
Conclusion from the two premises.