‘Self authorship’ is a right, argues Dr Farbod Akhlaghi, and people should make their own decisions on new jobs or having children
Akhlaghi argues it is impossible to know if a friend will benefit from a transformative experience, such as new job, the birth of a child or a university course.Akhlaghi argues it is impossible to know if a friend will benefit from a transformative experience, such as new job, the birth of a child or a university course.Last modified on Thu 26 Jan 2023 10.59 GMT
Dr Farbod Akhlaghi, a moral philosopher at Christ’s College, argues that everyone has a right to “self authorship”, so must make decisions about transformative experiences for themselves. Akhlaghi argues that it is impossible to know if a friend’s life will benefit from a transformative experience – such as new job, the birth of a child, or a university course – until after the event. It is for them to find out, he says.In the paper, entitled, Akhlaghi writes: “It is not the value of making a choice as such but, rather, that of autonomously making choices to learn what our core preferences and values will become.
Akhlaghi argues it is only justifiable to interfere in someone else’s transformative choice by competing moral considerations, such as if harm is likely to be done others.
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