During the 1930s, he thought that liberal progressivism represented a balance between individual autonomy and social responsibility.

The concept of legal certainty may be strongly linked to that of individual autonomy in national jurisprudence.

This social space ideally entailed whole sets of laws, rights, and institutions to help secure individual autonomy and public freedom.

As well, our educational, political, corporate, and media systems are self-promoting and discourage real examination or individual autonomy the second factor.

Historically, democratic concepts of individual rights and limited government have been deeply appealing because they, too, promise protection of individual autonomy.