Meditations on Identity

Autonomy’s Most Daunting Obstacle

The final research paper I wrote for my freshman-year CORE class at BU.

Unfinished bust of “The Greek Slave” by Hiram Powers

Autonomy

What is the biggest obstacle facing the modern individual in reaching autonomy? To answer that question, it is necessary to first define what exactly is meant by “autonomy.” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy makes a…