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John Locke on self-ownership

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Individualist Posted: Tue, Sep 1 2009 1:28 PM

I've tried searching this site and the whole internet, and I cannot find John Locke's precise defense of self-ownership (if he gave one). It appears that Locke justified self-ownership as a God-given right, i.e., he defended it on theonomistic grounds. Was that indeed the case?

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Individualist replied on Wed, Sep 2 2009 8:05 AM

*bump*

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