How we come to own ourselves
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https://doi.org/10.12775/SEI.2016.001Keywords
property, rights, ownership, human beings, contractAbstract
It is a puzzle as to how we can own ourselves, given that we consist of nothing but the property of others (our parents for their genetic contribution to us, and our guardians for other necessities of life). Given the people should own the products of their own property, should not our parents own us, to do with us whatever pleased them? The present paper is an attempt to wrestle with this conundrum.
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