Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality
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"Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality" is a major work of political philosophy by G. A. Cohen that critically examines libertarian theories of self-ownership and argues for their incompatibility with robust egalitarian principles.
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| Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| argues |
egalitarians should reject full libertarian self-ownership
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libertarian self-ownership is incompatible with robust equality ⓘ strong self-ownership undermines egalitarian distribution of resources ⓘ |
| author |
G. A. Cohen
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Gerald Allan Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributionTo |
Marxist analytical philosophy
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debates on libertarianism and egalitarianism ⓘ theory of justice literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Robert Nozick's theory of justice
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libertarian theories of self-ownership ⓘ right-libertarianism ⓘ |
| genre | political philosophy literature ⓘ |
| hasKeyClaim |
egalitarians can accept some self-ownership but must restrict it
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freedom should be assessed in terms of real opportunities ⓘ justice may require redistribution of unearned advantages ⓘ libertarianism overvalues formal freedom and undervalues equality of access ⓘ robust equality requires limiting market-generated inequalities ⓘ self-ownership does not by itself determine resource distribution ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
egalitarian justice
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equality of access to advantage ⓘ external resources vs. persons ⓘ freedom and opportunity ⓘ freedom as power to do or have things ⓘ incentives and egalitarianism ⓘ justice and personal responsibility ⓘ left-libertarianism ⓘ moral arbitrariness of natural talents ⓘ patterned vs. historical principles of justice ⓘ right-libertarianism ⓘ rights over persons vs. rights over things ⓘ self-ownership thesis ⓘ world-ownership ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective | egalitarian ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Rawls
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Karl Marx ⓘ Robert Nozick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
distributive justice
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egalitarianism ⓘ equality ⓘ freedom ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ self-ownership ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of egalitarian principles against libertarian objections
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systematic critique of libertarian self-ownership ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
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