heteronomy (Kantian ethics)
In Kantian philosophy, the condition of acting according to external laws or desires rather than self-given moral law. Contrasts with 自律 (autonomy).
See also: 自律
heteronomy (general)
Broader use: being governed by external forces or rules, not by oneself. Less common than the Kantian sense.
In Kantian ethics, heteronomy is considered to have no moral worth.
This organization relies too much on heteronomous management.
他律 means being governed by external rules or authority, the direct opposite of 自律's self-governance in both the philosophical and general sense.
Compound of 他 (other) and 律 (law, rule). A learned term likely coined in Japanese as a translation of the Western philosophical concept 'heteronomy'.