Comprehensive Theory of Self-Determination
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CTSD as a systemic method
CTSD treats self-determination as a systemic capacity. Therefore the method begins by seeing the whole: person, relations, institutions, technology, economy, and future horizon are examined together rather than as isolated fragments.
Diagnosis before intervention
Before offering solutions, CTSD asks what exactly is weakened: identity, decision source, capacity to act, responsibility, institutional support, trust, or technological transparency. Diagnosis prevents a superficial fix from replacing the real problem.
Evaluation by wholeness and responsibility
Actions and policies are evaluated not only by speed or efficiency, but by whether they preserve wholeness, responsibility, and subjecthood. A technically efficient solution can still weaken self-determination if it removes authorship from people and institutions.
Design, not ready-made answers
CTSD does not impose universal answers. It helps design conditions: educational, institutional, technological, and civic environments where subjects can understand their situation, choose responsibly, and act with agency.
Domain analysis
The eight domains make it possible to locate where self-determination is strengthened or disrupted: in meaning, mental stability, cognition, body, relations, institutions, economy, or technology. This creates a structured field for analysis.
CTSD-I as a compass
CTSD-I can function as a compass for diagnostic tools, questionnaires, reports, and institutional design. Its purpose is not to label people, but to reveal conditions, asymmetries, and development directions.
Ethical limits
Any application of CTSD must preserve human dignity, privacy, and responsibility. A model that measures self-determination must not become a mechanism that controls, objectifies, or replaces the subject.