Sufficient Autonomy and Satiable Reasons

Abstract

In this paper, I examine Liam Shields' principle of sufficient autonomy. This principle is in many ways interesting and plausible, but it is also in some important respects inadequately specified. In particular, I argue that a) the role of satiable reasons should be clarified, b) the relation to the conditions of freedom should be made more explicit, and c) the threshold for sufficient autonomy should be specified.