Intelektualna i moralna autonomija kao preduslov i rezultat ljudskih prava
Intelectual and moral autonomy as the precondition and result of human rights

Author(s): Nebojša Vučinić
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics and law, Politics and society
Published by: Centar za građansko obrazovanje (CGO)
Keywords: autonomy; moral; responsibility; deontology; pragmatism; intellectual; engagement; human rights;
Summary/Abstract: Concept of autonomy and Kant’s definition of autonomy. Culture as second nature - where autonomy of individual lies. Moral responsibility as an indicator of autonomy of individual. Five responsibilities of morally autonomous individual: towards oneself, towards close persons, others, profession and society and the state one lives in. Types of responsibility: individual and collective, political, criminal, civic and disciplinary. Two moral approaches: deontological and pragmatic. Importance of moral autonomy of intellectual for social and political life. Criticism and control of political power and authority of morally autonomous intellectuals. Attitude of the intellectual towards mistakes and manipulation in politics. Human rights and moral autonomy.

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