“We must recognize that only scarce resources are ownable; second, that the body is a type of scarce resource; third, that the mode of acquiring title to external objects is different from the basis of ownership of one's own body.” DifferentBodyObjectsTypeResourcesThirdsBasesTitlesOwnershipScarceScarce Resources Author:Stephan Kinsella
“The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean homesteading − some type of first use or embordering activity. Obviously, an actor must already own his body if he is to be a homesteader; self-ownership is not acquired by homesteading but rather is presupposed in any act or defense of homesteading.” IfsFirstsHumansSelfUseBodyActorsViewsTypeActivityCapableResourcesDefenseLibertarianOwnersOwnershipScarceScarce ResourcesHomesteadingSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
“The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to it than any third party (and any third party seeking to dispute my self-ownership must presuppose the principle of self-ownership in the first place since he is acting as a self-owner).” FirstsPersonsSelfFactsBodyPartyActingPrinciplesResourcesDirectThirdsBasesClaimsSeekingOwnersOwnershipDisputesScarceThird PartiesScarce ResourcesSelf Ownership Author:Stephan Kinsella
