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Fall 2015

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 30, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2015 | Private Enterprises

Reply to Andrew Young's "Argumentation Ethics and the Question of Self-Ownership"

Frank van Dun, University of Ghent, Belgium

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise30(3),2015,89–102ReplytoAndrewYoung’s“ArgumentationEthicsandtheQuestionofSelf-Ownership”FrankvanDunUniversityofGhent,Belgium______________________________________________________AbstractInhis“ArgumentationEthicsandtheQuestionofSelf-Ownership”(2015),AndrewT.Youngclaimsthat,nexttoHans-HermannHoppe’sethicsofself-ownership,asubclassofsystemsbasedoneverypersonowningpartofeverypersonalsomeetsthecriteriaofbeingvalidatedbytheethicsofargumentationandisconsistentwiththerequirementsthatanethicalsystemshouldqualifyasacategoricalimperativeandallowforthephysicalsurvivalofhumanity.IarguethatYoungfailstounderstandargumentationethicsandthathisalternativeethicscannotbeconsideredcategoricallyimperative;itislikelytostimulateratherthandiminishpoliticalconflicts.______________________________________________________JELCodes:P16Keywords:economicsandphilosophy,argumentationethics,libertarianism,self-ownershipI.IntroductionThetitleofAndrewYoung’spaper,“ArgumentationEthicsandtheQuestionofSelf-Ownership,”suggeststhatitisaboutargumentationethics(alsoknownastheargumentfromargumentationortheargumentfromreason).However,althoughYoung’spapermentionsargumentationethics,itdoesnotinanywaydependonitandoffersnoanalyticallyrelevantcriticismofit.Hemerelydismissesitas“agotcha!tactic,”noting,“Asaneconomist,Ifindthesetacticstobeunproductiveanddistracting”(which,Iamsurehewillagree,isnomorethananunproductiveanddistractingaside).Theobjectiveofargumentationethicsistodeterminewhichpropositions—inparticular,whichnormativepropositions—areundeniableinanyargumentation.Thisgoesbeyondidentifyingwellprovenfactsandformalorsemanticcontradictions,becauseanargumentationisanexchangeofarguments,questions,andanswersbetweenatleasttwospeakerswhomustfollowcertainrulesandstandardsinaskingandreplyingtoquestionsinordertodefendor89

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Title	Reply to Andrew Young's "Argumentation Ethics and the Question of Self-Ownership"
Authors/Creators:	Frank van Dun, University of Ghent, Belgium
Year:	2015
Volume:	30
Number:	3
Pages:	89 - 102
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	economics and philosophy, argumentation ethics, libertarianism, self-ownership

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van Dun, Frank / 2015. "Reply to Andrew Young's "Argumentation Ethics and the Question of Self-Ownership"." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 30(3): 89-102.