The Problem of Self-Ownership

Authors

Bas van der Vossen, Chapman UniversityFollow
David Schmidtz, University of Arizona

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-10-2020

Abstract

"It would be strange to hear people saying 'It’s my self.' The self per se isn’t normally a contested possession. By contrast, what is normal, and so familiar that most readers can probably remember asserting such a thing themselves once upon a time, is the assertion 'It’s my life.' How we live our lives can be, and often is, contested."

Comments

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Social Philosophy and Policy, volume 36, issue 2, in 2019 following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052519000372

Recommended Citation

van der Vossen, Bas, and David Schmidtz. “The Problem of Self-Ownership.” Social Philosophy and Policy, vol. 36, no. 2, 2019, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052519000372

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation

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