Entitlement,Right And Self-Ownership

Self-ownership is a key issue in contemporary political philosophy.Since Cohen criticized Nozick,domestic and abroad scholars generally support Cohen’s view,believe that Nozick supports self-ownership substantively or formally,and regard Nozick’s entitlement theory as a potential theory of right with self-ownership as the core.Taking Anarchy,State,and Utopia as an example.Nozick did not clearly state his position on self-ownership from the perspective of text analysis,hardly used the word "self-ownership" in his expression,and used the concept of entitlement in his entitlement theory.Nozick’s theory of holding justice,which focuses on the moral neutral path of entitlement,is more attractive and flexible.It is necessary to clarify the concepts of entitlement,right and self-ownership,examine the connotation of "the core of self-ownership" of Nozick,and examine the effectiveness of Cohen’s criticism of Nozick’s self-ownership.This thesis takes Self-ownership,Freedom,and Equality as the core,and combines Anarchy,State and Utopia to critically examine Cohen’s self-ownership.The full text can be divided into five parts: The introduction part introduces the reason for choosing the topic,the significance of the research as well as the research status at domestic and abroad.The second chapter differentiates and analyzes the concepts of entitlement,right and self-ownership,and points out the theoretical dilemmas that Nozick may face when regarding self-ownership as the core.The third chapter describes Cohen’s criticism of Nozick’s self-ownership from three aspects: the principle of justice in transfer,the principle of justice in acquisition and the moral attraction of self-ownership.The fourth chapter makes a concrete analysis of this criticism.The conclusion part summarizes Cohen’s criticism of self-ownership.All in all,Cohen’s criticism of Nozick’s self-ownership is basically to the point.Even if the core support of Nozick’s entitlement theory is not self-ownership,it is also one of the most important moral reasons.Nozick’s confusion about the entitlement theory and the concept of entitlement itself has covered up his recognition and use of the concept of self-ownership.Cohen’s investigation has made an important supplement to the details of Nozick’s intentionally blurred entitlement theory,made an important contribution to the re-examination of a series of related propositions such as the initial relationship between people and things,the moral relationship between people and natural abilities,and the relationship between people and their bodies.