Autonomy – The (Un)Solved Problem of Modernity

The social development of goodness into virtue, of duty into due action, and of freedom into autonomy, pose enormous questions concerning the potentials of the individual, but only according to his limitations. This resignation to the restrictive regime of society is an indispensable requirement for the individual’s commitment and solidarity to social structures. Social negotiation, available a priori, gives the illusory “taste” of any self-presence. The misunderstanding of limited relations leads as a result in its wake the misunderstanding of the Self as “itself”. It provokes its primitive rebellion and distances it from the meanings of the truth to bring it closer to a deeper profanation