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Self-determination
acting from a sense that your behavior originates from your own values and interests rather than from external pressure or internal compulsion
Why This Is a Definition
This definition establishes 'self-determination' by naming the term, stating its genus (acting from sense of origin), and its differentia (specifically distinguishing it from external pressure or internal compulsion). It precisely captures how the curriculum uses this term in relation to autonomy and self-authority.
Source Lessons
You are the authority over your own mind
No external entity has more right to direct your thinking than you do. Self-authority is the recognition that you — not your culture, your employer, your algorithms, or your defaults — are the legitimate governing agent of your own cognitive infrastructure.
Pressure from your own expectations
Self-imposed pressure can be as sovereignty-undermining as external pressure.
Connections
Defines (20)
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