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Ownership

Posted by $ AJAshinoff 5 years, 7 months ago to Philosophy
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defined Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land or real estate, or intellectual property.

Extending that dictionary definition I would add, most importantly, Self which would include personal beliefs, strategies for living life and ones walk through life. The sovereign ability to determine ones life, liberty and pursuit of happiness (whatever that may be to the individual), and the ownership of property.

Ownership, in my eyes, is such that a person is able to do whatever he/she wishes with whatever it is they 'own' even to the extent of keeping it from others, consuming it until it doesn't exist, lending it to another, or outright destroying it beyond use, This premise does not differentiate between a thing (inanimate object - a plot of land, a rock, a shoe, food, etc.) and an idea (a written text, a picture, a personal creed). Ownership DOES NOT REQUIRE validation by others or even rationality to others and should not subject to the judgement of others, particularly when it come to the Self.

In this contemplative definition the individual, each individual, is the focal point of that persons existence with the absolute authority to shape his/her existence and, as a consequence, reap the benefits and pitfalls of those decisions (be they social or environmental).

Am I missing anything?I am leading to a point but would prefer it come about sequentially.



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