Ethical Autonomy makes an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of the role of autonomy in society. * Jakob Elster, The Review of Politics * In this immensely important contribution to contemporary ethical theory, Swaine revisits the idea of autonomy, reworking shopworn notions of personal autonomy into an attractive and practical ideal of autonomy grounded in character and disposition. The book is beautifully written, cogent, and well-argued: at once an immensely serious work of analytic philosophy and a passionate and practical guide to practice. * Josiah Ober, Mitsotakis Professor in the School of Humanities and Science, Stanford University * Acrossmuch of contemporary moral and political theory, autonomy is takenas an uncontroversial value; at worst, it is judged to be too demanding, too high a standard to expect everyone to attain. Lucas Swaine's admirably contrarian Ethical Autonomy argues that autonomy as we have traditionally understood it is not demanding enough. He suggests that it puts contentless proceduralism where moral character should be, telling us to care less about what a person does than about whether they have fully decided it for themselves. This is a valuable challenge to received pieties, set out in a thoughtful, careful, and intellectually ambitious book. * Jacob T. Levy, McGill University * This book is smart, well-written, and thoughtful. Swaine discusses autonomy, a central concept in liberal political thought, and offers a fuller alternative: ethical autonomy. * Jeff Spinner-Halev, Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics, University of North Carolina *
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