#personal autonomy

• To self-determine — To decide on one's own and independently one's destiny, political status, form of government, or path of economic, social, and cultural development, without any interference, pressure, or dictate from external forces or states. In psychology, it refers to an individual's action of making autonomous choices based on their own internal values and motivations.
• Self-determined — Having determined, defined, or liberated oneself through one's own initiative and willpower; a people, state, or ethnic community that has autonomously established its sovereignty, form of government, and political destiny, without external constraints. In a psychological sense, it describes an individual governed by strong intrinsic motivation, whose structural actions align with their own moral values.