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Ideas of G.A. Cohen, by Text

[Canadian, fl. 1966, Professor at London University.]

1986 Are Freedom and Equality Compatible?
1 p.416 The right-wing conception of freedom is based on the idea of self-ownership
1 p.418 It is plausible that no one has an initial right to own land and natural resources
2 p.418 It is doubtful whether any private property was originally acquired legitimately
2 p.418 Every thing which is now private started out as unowned
3 p.423 Plenty of people have self-ownership, but still lack autonomy