The Autonomy of Self-Sufficiency At the end of the 18th century, with the publication of his theories on morality, Immanuel Kant revolutionized philosophy in a way that had a great impact on the decades of thinkers who followed him. The result of his influence has led to perceptions and interpretations of his ideas reflected in the works of writers around the world. Kant's idealism stems from the claim that moral law, a set of rules innate in every individual, gives people the ability to reason, and it is through this that people reach the truth. These innate rules exist in the form of maxims: statements that contain a general truth. Using this, Kant concluded with the idea of ​​autonomy, in which all rational human wills are autonomous, each individual is bound by his own will, and in an ideal society people should act only according to their own reason. Influenced by Kant's ideas, an American writer named Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his own appeal to individual morality through an essay on self-reliance. In “Self-Reliance,” Emerson tells people to trust their own judgments, to act only according to their own will, and to use their own judgment to determine what is right. Emerson's self-sufficiency and Kant's autonomy differ in the extent to which reason comes from. However, they agree on its purpose in dictating the judgment and actions of the individual. As a result, Autonomy and Self-Reliance essentially have the same message. Both Kant and Emerson agree that the individual should trust only his own reason, that he is bound only by his own free will, and that an individual's actions should be governed by reason. The main difference between Emerson's self-sufficiency and Kant's autonomy is based on their perception of... middle of paper ......on self-dependence, Kant and Emerson also agree that individuals should act independently of others. Both argue that the individual is bound by his own will and that of no one else. Furthermore, the main ideas of Self-Reliance and Autonomy are the same: the individual should use reason to determine whether something is right or wrong. While Emerson states that people should evaluate truths for themselves rather than simply accepting what others say, Kant encourages people to use reason to determine what is right and what is wrong. The two agree that ideas force you to use reason to make judgments and formulate your ideas. Despite their differing views on what reason is, Kant and Emerson agree on the structure and process by which people should make judgments and experience life. As a result, self-confidence and autonomy are essentially the same idea.