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{{DES | des = No human society has ever treated people as their own inviolate property.  Even if self-ownership was only an aspirational goal, it could not be implemented for children or incompetents.  Libertarians frequently base their philosophy on this imagined right. In modern society, persons have "body rights": they do not own their bodies, but do have limited property rights in them. [[What_Is_Property%3F#Why_isn%27t_my_possession_good_enough_to_establish_my_property%3F |Libertarians also confuse possession with ownership.]]| show=}}
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{{DES | des = Self-ownership is another imaginary right.  No human society has ever treated people as their own inviolate property.  Even if self-ownership was only an aspirational goal, it could not be implemented for children or incompetents.  Libertarians frequently base their philosophy on this imagined right. In modern society, persons have "body rights": they do not own their bodies, but do have limited property rights in them. [[What_Is_Property%3F#Why_isn%27t_my_possession_good_enough_to_establish_my_property%3F |Libertarians also confuse possession with ownership.]]| show=}}
 
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