Economic liberties, including disposal of gross income, are constitutive of self-authorship and property rights no less than expressive liberties, as Nozick argues in Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
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An American philosopher (1938-2002) who argued that individuals have strong rights to their property and freedom, and that governments should be minimal and not redistribute wealth.
Self-authorship(as used in theories of freedom and responsibility)
The idea that you are truly in control of your own choices and decisions, rather than being controlled by outside forces.
constitutive of(as used in metaphysics)
Something that is essential to making something what it is—if you remove it, the thing is no longer that thing.