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Explain Why Autonomy-Oriented Individuals Generally Succeed in Maintaining Their Long-Term

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Explain why autonomy-oriented individuals generally succeed in maintaining their long-term changes in behavior (e.g., weight loss, smoking cessation), whereas control-oriented individuals generally fail to maintain such behavior change over time.


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Instrumentally Valuable

Something valued not for its own sake, but for the utility it brings in achieving something else considered as an end.

Permissible

Allowed or permitted within a certain set of rules, laws, or ethical guidelines.

Judith Jarvis Thomson

A philosopher best known for her contributions to moral philosophy and bioethics, including her influential defense of abortion rights in "A Defense of Abortion."

Circumstances

The specific conditions or facts affecting a certain event or situation.

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