Most libertarians agree that all rights are, in effect, property rights, beginning with this fundamental right to self-ownership and control of one's own life. As owners of their own lives, individuals are completely free to do absolutely anything they wish with them — provided, of course, that it doesn't violate the identical right of others — whether the people around them approve of what they do or not.


(with Rylla Cathryn Smith) What Libertarians Believe, "Introduction: The Zero Aggression Principle," 4 January 2009

Internet Archive What Libertarians Believe, by L. Neil Smith and Rylla Cathryn Smith


Most libertarians agree that all rights are, in effect, property rights, beginning with this fundamental right to self-ownership and control of one's ...

Most libertarians agree that all rights are, in effect, property rights, beginning with this fundamental right to self-ownership and control of one's ...

Most libertarians agree that all rights are, in effect, property rights, beginning with this fundamental right to self-ownership and control of one's ...

Most libertarians agree that all rights are, in effect, property rights, beginning with this fundamental right to self-ownership and control of one's ...