Can a right of self-ownership be robust?

Law and Philosophy 26 (6):575-587 (2007)
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According to a renowned left-libertarian, Michael Otsuka, a libertarian right of self-ownership can be so robust that one need not sacrifice the use of one's mind and body to help others. In this article, I demonstrate that Otsuka's way of reconciling this robust conception of self-ownership with equality is not appealing and, at best, would provide limited guidance in the face of real-life uncertainty

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia.Robert Nozick - 1974 - New York: Basic Books.
Libertarianism Without Inequality.Michael Otsuka - 2003 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK.
Self-Ownership, Freedom and Equality.Eric Mack - 1995 - Philosophy 72 (281):478-482.

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