The Value of Ownership
In: The journal of political philosophy, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 404-434
Abstract
Two premises about ownership that contrast with prevailing views are developed from ordinary usage: (1) ownership can be valuable in its own right apart from the value of the object owned, & (2) ownership does not just label particular rights but more practically names a relationship to an object that forms the basis for claiming that ownership rights should exist. The owner's relation to object is an ontological one that is only partially & contingently related to ownership rights. This relationship resembles the relationship of a person to his/her body & is associated with the use of the personal pronouns I & me & the possessive pronouns my & mine. Concepts of value, pride, autonomy, status, & expressivity that enter into ownership & concepts of reference, allusion, & identity are discussed. Ownership provides surplus value beyond the value of the object itself because ownership value is one's own value extended to the object & implied in the use of the variant I(my) applied to the owned object. M. Pflum
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