Our Bodies, Whose Property?

by Anne Phillips

An argument against treating our bodies as commodities

No one wants to be treated like an object, regarded as an item of property, or put up for sale. Yet many people frame personal autonomy in terms of self-ownership, representing themselves as property owners with the right to do as they wish with their bodies. Others do not use the language of property, but are similarly insistent on the rights of free individuals to decide for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691150869
• ISBN13: 9780691150864
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"