Self-Ownership

Self-ownership is the natural right to act according to your own free will, as long as it doesn't infringe on another person's right to self-ownership. According to Murray N. Rothbard, it's the only right that can be applied equally to all people without resulting in contradiction. The only two alternatives would be for some people to own other people, which results in contradiction if applied universally, or for all people to have collective ownership of each other. In the latter case, nobody would be able to act without violating the rights of all other people. This causes everybody's rights to cancel each other out, and results in contradiction.