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CIAO DATE: 03/02
Critical Review
Self- and World-Ownership: Rejoinder to Epstein, Palmer, and Feallsanach
By Justin Weinberg
Abstract
G.A. Cohen's argument against the claim that respect for self- ownership entails libertarianism features the imaginary example of "Able and Infirm." Richard Epstein, Tom Palmer, and Am Feallsanach criticize the example, but fail to rescue libertarianism from Cohen's attack. This is due to acmisunderstanding of the role the example plays in Cohen's argument, and to a false belief that the initial ownership status of the world is important for resolving disputes in political philosophy.