Hanoch Dagan and the liberal concept of autonomy
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: This article is a review essay on Hanoch Dagan’s new book, A Liberal Theory of Property. According to Dagan, the core of the liberal idea of property is personal autonomy. As Dagan reminds us, personal autonomy is a matter of self-authorship, or the ability to write and rewrite our own story. The idea of autonomy as self-authorship is familiar enough, but there are a number of different understandings of just what self-authorship itself entails. This article analyzes what conception of self-authorship Dagan appears to endorse. It concludes that Dagan’s version is substantive rather than procedural. Further, Dagan adopts a form of relational autonomy, in which non-subordination is the primary constraint the value menu available to autonomous agents.
Author: Gregory S. Alexander
Institution: Cornell University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4293075102