My philosophy is based on the principle of self-ownership. You own your life. To deny this is to imply that another person has a higher claim on your life than you do. No other person, or group of per...
I don't think the analogy with property holds up, because it's circular and because it'd mean you can give yourself away. It's circular because the definition of property is that it belongs to you. If you are your own property, that means you belong to you belong to you belong to you... leading to an infinite regression. "You" is never actually defined.
If something is your property, you can sell it or give it away. If you regarded people as their own property, that'd be a very thin legal protection against, from the video, slavery or rape. Because you could sell yourself and what the new owner does with her/his new property is none of your business (again: "you" isn't defined anyway).
So those are reasons I think your moral philosophy absolutely shouldn't ever equate people and property.
If something is your property, you can sell it or give it away. If you regarded people as their own property, that'd be a very thin legal protection against, from the video, slavery or rape. Because you could sell yourself and what the new owner does with her/his new property is none of your business (again: "you" isn't defined anyway).
So those are reasons I think your moral philosophy absolutely shouldn't ever equate people and property.
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