Respecting the capacity of individuals to make their own informed, uncoerced decisions.

• A. Contextual Integrity
• B. Autonomy
• C. Nonmaleficence
• D. Beneficence

Answer: (B)

Autonomy is about honoring a person’s right and capacity to determine their own path, grounded in informed and voluntary choice. It rests on clear information, understanding of that information, freedom from coercion, and the person’s ability to decide. When someone is provided with complete information, truly understands it, and makes a choice without pressure, that decision should be respected—even if others would decide differently. This principle shows up in practice as obtaining informed consent before medical treatment or ensuring users can make informed choices about data use. Contextual Integrity concerns whether information flows match the norms of a given context rather than focusing on the individual’s decision-making power. Nonmaleficence is about not causing harm, and beneficence is about actively promoting good; both govern duties related to outcomes but don’t center the person’s right to self-determination in the way autonomy does.