PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: John Locke
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Restricts governments from taking what is yours. That which is yours is only yours if it was initially acquired in a fair way. Able to do what you want with what you have. 2nd argument: self ownership: treating people as equals as ends in themselves. If people are ends in themselves, then they may not be used without their consent. If they may not be used without their consent, then they own themselves. If people own themselves, then they own their talents and abilities. In which ways does one own their talents. Do they own their talents and the products of their talents. Talents usually given on accident (place of birth, ethnicity, parents) Be(cid:272)ause their yours (cid:271)y a(cid:272)(cid:272)ide(cid:374)t you do(cid:374)"t o(cid:449)(cid:374) the produ(cid:272)t of the(cid:373) Owning talents and products of our talents. Only good as the original entitlement of good (buy stolen car not knowing it is stolen you no longer are allowed to do what you want with it)