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The idea of self-ownership is often used by libertarians to deny that the state is morally authorized to modify free market transactions coercively by means of taxation &, more generally, redistributive policies. From this perspective, if I am the owner of myself, I also own, according to Lockean teaching, the outcomes of my labor. Thus, there is no room for distributive justice without violating self-ownership. In this essay, the author argues against this idea. The author demonstrates some problems with the Lockean theory of labor mixing. He criticizes the Lockean theory as it has been recently reformulated by Robert Nozick. He explains why the supposed conflict between self-ownership & distributive justice can be accommodated & why it is possible & necessary to continue to elaborate theories of justice compatible with the idea of self-ownership. Adapted from the source document.