Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality
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"Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality" is a major work of political philosophy by G. A. Cohen that critically examines libertarian theories of self-ownership and argues for their incompatibility with robust egalitarian principles.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality Context triple: [G. A. Cohen, notableWork, Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality]
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A.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
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B.
Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary
Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary is a major philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores the complex relationship between human freedom and the constraints of bodily, psychological, and natural necessity.
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The Philosophy of Freedom
The Philosophy of Freedom is Rudolf Steiner’s foundational philosophical work that explores human free will, ethical individualism, and the path to spiritual knowledge central to anthroposophy.
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D.
The Ethics of Liberty
The Ethics of Liberty is a foundational libertarian philosophical work by Murray Rothbard that systematically defends a natural-rights, anarcho-capitalist vision of a stateless society based on self-ownership and private property.
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E.
The Logic of Liberty
The Logic of Liberty is a political and economic work by Michael Polanyi that explores the foundations of a free society, emphasizing spontaneous order, personal responsibility, and the limits of centralized planning.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality Target entity description: "Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality" is a major work of political philosophy by G. A. Cohen that critically examines libertarian theories of self-ownership and argues for their incompatibility with robust egalitarian principles.
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A.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
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B.
Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary
Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary is a major philosophical work by Paul Ricoeur that explores the complex relationship between human freedom and the constraints of bodily, psychological, and natural necessity.
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C.
The Philosophy of Freedom
The Philosophy of Freedom is Rudolf Steiner’s foundational philosophical work that explores human free will, ethical individualism, and the path to spiritual knowledge central to anthroposophy.
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D.
The Ethics of Liberty
The Ethics of Liberty is a foundational libertarian philosophical work by Murray Rothbard that systematically defends a natural-rights, anarcho-capitalist vision of a stateless society based on self-ownership and private property.
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E.
The Logic of Liberty
The Logic of Liberty is a political and economic work by Michael Polanyi that explores the foundations of a free society, emphasizing spontaneous order, personal responsibility, and the limits of centralized planning.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| argues |
egalitarians should reject full libertarian self-ownership
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libertarian self-ownership is incompatible with robust equality ⓘ strong self-ownership undermines egalitarian distribution of resources ⓘ |
| author |
G. A. Cohen
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Gerald Allan Cohen ⓘ |
| contributionTo |
Marxist analytical philosophy
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debates on libertarianism and egalitarianism ⓘ theory of justice literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Robert Nozick's theory of justice
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libertarian theories of self-ownership ⓘ right-libertarianism ⓘ |
| genre | political philosophy literature ⓘ |
| hasKeyClaim |
egalitarians can accept some self-ownership but must restrict it
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freedom should be assessed in terms of real opportunities ⓘ justice may require redistribution of unearned advantages ⓘ libertarianism overvalues formal freedom and undervalues equality of access ⓘ robust equality requires limiting market-generated inequalities ⓘ self-ownership does not by itself determine resource distribution ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
egalitarian justice
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equality of access to advantage ⓘ external resources vs. persons ⓘ freedom and opportunity ⓘ freedom as power to do or have things ⓘ incentives and egalitarianism ⓘ justice and personal responsibility ⓘ left-libertarianism ⓘ moral arbitrariness of natural talents ⓘ patterned vs. historical principles of justice ⓘ right-libertarianism ⓘ rights over persons vs. rights over things ⓘ self-ownership thesis ⓘ world-ownership ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective | egalitarian ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Rawls
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Karl Marx ⓘ Robert Nozick ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
distributive justice
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egalitarianism ⓘ equality ⓘ freedom ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ self-ownership ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of egalitarian principles against libertarian objections
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systematic critique of libertarian self-ownership ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
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