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Re: self-ownership
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:12 pm
by commonsense
I own myself, because:
I can be owned, as I am a thing in and of itself and such a thing is capable of being had,
No one else owns me, as I have free will.
Re: self-ownership
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:31 pm
by Sculptor
I love these polls.
There is always a third missing option:
3. The poll is meaningless.
How about I own myself because; I am fully determined by the laws of cause and effect.
Re: self-ownership
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:40 pm
by commonsense
Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:31 pm
How about I own myself because; I am fully determined by the laws of cause and effect.
Point taken, and it’s okay as far as it goes, but I feel that the implication is that I am owned by the laws of physics.
Perhaps I should have stated—nearly the same as you—that I own myself because I have free will as constrained by the laws of cause and effect.
After all, I can choose to run full speed at a brick wall, but I will not sail through it no matter what I choose. Still, it wasn’t physics that guided my unrealistic choice.
four to four: tug of war
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:54 pm
by henry quirk
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