Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

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 →

Alternative Title #1: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 4b Alternative Title #2: Live and Let Live, Mother-Bleepers! I presented Sobel’s self-ownership paradox–the problem of minor intrusions–in my previous post. In summary, ordinary activities like smoking (blowing smoke in someone’s face), … Continue reading →

Alternative Title #1: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 4a Alternative Title #2: Self-Ownership and the Problem of Minor Intrusions Thus far, I have presented several theoretical critiques of the concept of self-ownership, including incoherence and indeterminacy. I was also able … Continue reading →

In my next post I will pick up where I left off in my series on self-ownership.

Alternative Title #1: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 3b Alternative Title #2: Self-Ownership and the Problem of Indeterminacy: Richard Epstein to the Rescue I presented two powerful critiques of self-ownership in my previous post: one based on indeterminacy–i.e. what rights … Continue reading →

What makes something a work of art? I am once again interrupting my multi-part series on self-ownership to share this fascinating art project by Todd McLellan titled “Things Comes Apart” in which McLellan takes apart 50 ordinary objects, such as … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 3a In a previous post I presented Kant’s critique of self-ownership. Here, I will explore another argument against self-ownership. This second argument goes like this: self-ownership might be a fine concept at a … Continue reading →

Via Kottke: “Urine color is an indicator of how hydrated you are, and Pantone are the color experts, so of course they’ve teamed up with a Scottish bottled water company to produce a chart with 5 color gradations that help … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Against Self-Ownership? Lit Review, Part 2 In my previous self-ownership post, I identified five critiques of self-ownership. Now let’s take a closer look at the first argument against self-ownership: the problem of self-reference. In brief, how can a … Continue reading →