Libertarianism, Self-Ownership, and Motherhood

According to the libertarian idea of self-ownership, which asserts that each person owns himself, women are self-owners and have property rights in the products of their labor, including their infants. Jeske suggests an appropriate conception of self-ownership can be used to provide support for wome...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Social theory and practice 1996-07, Vol.22 (2), p.137-160
1. Verfasser:	Jeske, Diane
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abortion Bagels Child care Child care services Children Childrens rights Civil Rights Factors Feminism Feminist perspectives Fetus Individuals Infants Liberalism Libertarianism Libertarians Motherhood Mothers Ownership Parent Child Relations Parenthood Philosophy Philosophy of history. Social and political philosophy. Philosophy of law Philosophy of law Political Philosophy Property Property rights Rights Self Self concept Social Philosophy Women Womens rights
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Zusammenfassung:	According to the libertarian idea of self-ownership, which asserts that each person owns himself, women are self-owners and have property rights in the products of their labor, including their infants. Jeske suggests an appropriate conception of self-ownership can be used to provide support for women's rights to abortion and a mother's presumptive right to care for her child, rights that many feminists want and ought to endorse.
ISSN:	0037-802X 2154-123X
DOI:	10.5840/soctheorpract19962225