The conceptual form of autonomy was conspired during the ancient times of the Greek philosopher Aristotle, but only came into fruition with the philosopher Immanuel Kant, when he proposed it to concern people in particular not just characterized by self-governing city-states (Piper). Autonomy is an individual’s capacity for self-determination or self-governance by performing actions with particular intentions, while being self-aware that the response in turn is not controlled by them, but is in fact controlled by the other party. This principle of autonomy is illustrated within the episode “Both Sides Now” between Dr. Cuddy and Dr. House as they continue to banter with one another in their unconventional relationship to get a particular response from the other. He wants figure out her emotions while she wants him to perform his duties …show more content…
House and Dr. Cuddy have had this particular autonomy relationship from the very beginning of the show being aired. During the course of the Pilot episode “Everybody Lies” Dr. House made it clear to Dr. Cuddy that he cannot be fired because he had tenure at the hospital, however, she responds by stating that is only true if he continues to do his job and his reputation of being a good doctor won’t protect him forever (Everybody Lies). In the episode “Both Sides Now” Dr. House is set on putting all rules of self-respect and restraint aside with the sole intention of trying to crawl under Dr. Cuddy’s skin. For the purpose of determining if she is simply upset with him or cares for him. She showed no signs of any desired emotion towards him, however, until he decided to throw caution to the wind and announce to the staff and patients that the two of them slept together. She then responded out of anger and not of the response he intended and was fired regardless of his reputation as a doctor. Every decision he was basing his intentions on were founded on a fabricated delusion of what happened between the two of them the night