Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Did Adam Smith know what it was like to be in love? AdamSmithWorks, a beautiful website devoted to all things Smith, has just published my “Adam Smith in Love” primer here. (By the way, one of my favorite parts of … Continue reading →

This will be my 10th and last blog post devoted to the contested concept of self-ownership. In summary, I have presented the main arguments against self-ownership, and I have found those arguments to be overrated or woefully inadequate. At the … Continue reading →

Can ordinary office supplies like the humble pencil be works of art? Why not? I will conclude my series on the theory of self-ownership in my next post before turning my attention to the Zapruder film, but in the meantime, … Continue reading →

Alternative Title #1: The Paradigm of Self-Ownership (Part 2) Alternative Title #2: Ben Bryant’s Middle-Way In this post, I want to challenge the paradigm of self-ownership by presenting a competing paradigm, one that recognizes our collective obligations to society and … Continue reading →

I will resume my series on self-ownership in my next post, but in the meantime, it has come to my attention (see here, hat tip: Kottke) that the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina … Continue reading →

Now that I have surveyed the main arguments against self-ownership, I will conclude this series of blog posts by taking a detour into the philosophy of science–specifically, by talking about Kuhnian “paradigms” and Lakotian “research programs.” (Four of the world’s … Continue reading →

Hello! I will be resuming my series on the concept of “self-ownership” in the next day or two. In the meantime, for convenience, I have compiled my previous posts on this subject below: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 1 (May 10) … Continue reading →

A deck of cards contains 52 cards. The mathematical symbol “!” is called a “factorial” and refers to the product of an integer as well as all the integers below it. For example, the factorial of the number four (4!) … Continue reading →

Alternative Title #1: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 5 Alternative Title #2: The Problem of “Special Cases”: Self-Ownership of Children and Non-Human Animals Thus far in this series, I have presented–and refuted–several theoretical critiques of the concept of self-ownership. Among … Continue reading →