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heteronomous
heteronomous In the history of ethics, heteronomous describes a view in which the moral law is taken from an authority outside the person, such as God’s will or social law, rather than being grounded in one’s own rational nature.
In the history of ethics, heteronomous describes a view in which the moral law is taken from an authority outside the person, such as God’s will or social law, rather than being grounded in one’s own rational nature. In Kant’s usage, it can also include theories that treat motives other than pure respect for the moral law as properly moral.