John Locke said private property arises because when we mix our labor with things unowned things we come to acquire a property right in those things the reason? the reason is that we own our own labor and the reason for that we're the proprietors the owners of our own person and so in order to examine the moral force of the libertarian claim that that we own ourselves we need to turn to the English political philosopher John Locke and examine his account of private property and self ownership and that's what we'll do next time don't miss the chance to interact online with other viewers of Justice join the conversation, take a pop quiz, watch lectures you've missed, and learn a lot more. 