Introduction

Karl Widerquist

Chapter 1 in The Problem of Property, 2023, pp 1-6 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Any conception of a right—whether legal or natural—has to be reciprocal in the relevant ethic respect. A nonreciprocal “right” is merely a privilegePrivilege(s). A right of self-ownershipSelf-ownership at least prima facie passes this test. It amounts to saying accept my ownershipOwnership of my body as I respect your ownershipOwnership of your body. The highly unequal ownershipOwnership system that prevails in external assetsExternal asset(s) (i.e., propertyProperty in anything outside of our living bodies) prima facie fails this test in at least two ways. First, it gives one group control over resourceResource(s)s essential to everyone’s survival and therefore, forces the propertylessPropertyless/propertylessness group to perform services for the property-owning group to survive. Second, it amounts to saying, “You should respect my propertyProperty for I would respect yours if you had any.”

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21948-1_1

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