他た律りつ

noun

heteronomy (Kantian ethics)

In Kantian philosophy, the condition of acting according to external laws or desires rather than self-given moral law. Contrasts with 自律 (autonomy).

See also: 自律

• カント倫りん理り学がくでは、他た律りつは道どう徳とく的てき価か値ちを持もたないとされる。

  In Kantian ethics, heteronomy is considered to have no moral worth.

noun

heteronomy (general)

Broader use: being governed by external forces or rules, not by oneself. Less common than the Kantian sense.

• この組そ織しきは他た律りつ的てきな運うん営えいに頼たよりすぎている。

  This organization relies too much on heteronomous management.