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" Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. "
The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Page 242
by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pages
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Philosophy: The Big Questions

Ruth J. Sample, Charles W. Mills, James P. Sterba - Philosophy - 2004 - 544 pages
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The Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law: Property, Rights and Nature

Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow - Law - 2004 - 245 pages
...as artefacts, into the realm of 'one's own.' The world is held in common by all men, Locke observed, 'yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself.'112 In tune with earlier versions of the possessive theory, Locke extended the notion of self-ownership...
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Studies in the History of Tax Law, Volume 2

John Tiley - Law - 2007 - 909 pages
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Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting

David B. Resnik - Science - 2012 - 251 pages
...Locke, the founder of libertarian political philosophy, held that our bodies are our own property: Though the earth, and all inferior creatures, be common to all men, yet every man has property in his own person: this no body has right to but himself. The labour of his body and the 'work...
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The Politics of Liberty in England and Revolutionary America

Lee Ward - History - 2004 - 478 pages
...individual's body and the actions of that body. Locke claims: Though the Earth, and all infetior Creatures he common to all Men, yet every Man has a Property in his own Petson. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his Body, and the Work of his Hands,...
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On Modern Origins: Essays in Early Modern Philosophy

Richard Kennington - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 308 pages
...theocentric natural law teaches us that we are the property of God; but chapter 5 asserts that "every man has property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself" (2.27). Efforts to remove this well-known contradiction are far from successful.7 We need then a different...
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The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy: Daily Wisdom from the Worlds ...

Philosophy - 212 pages
...all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions. Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. Governmcnt has no other end than the preservation of property. A nding body...
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Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations

Kenneth R. Himes, Lisa Sowle Cahill - Philosophy - 2005 - 580 pages
...under government, but government does not grant the right to property. Rather, according to Locke, Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common..."person." This nobody has any right to but himself. The "labor" of his body and the "work" of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsover, then...
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Savage State: Welfare Capitalism and Inequality

Edward J. Martin, Rodolfo D. Torres - Business & Economics - 2005 - 200 pages
...right to the income of which that labor can earn in a free and competitive market. John Locke states: Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common...has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to but himself. The labor of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his....
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In Translation, Reflections, Refractions, Transformations

Paul St-Pierre, Prafulla C. Kar - Indic literature - 2005 - 312 pages
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