This episode is inspired by Autonomy in Moral and Political Philosophy (you can read it HERE) by John Christman, which is an article that was published in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

The idea of freedom and autonomy go hand-in-hand. And, in the same way that we can be more or less free - dependent on external constraints - we can also be more or less autonomous - based on internal constraints.

I believe that social norms are where these external and internal constraints converge. Not only can we achieve greater levels of freedom by challenging social norms, but we can also achieve greater levels of autonomy as we challenge social norms as well.

Becoming ideally autonomous requires us to be our maximally authentic selves. To be authentic means knowing ourselves in all situations and to be aware of, and intentional about, our views of ourselves in relationship with ourselves.

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