Ownership And Self Identity/Development

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Ownership

What is the relationship between ownership and self identity/development? This is an extremely complicated question with multiple varying answers. There are many theories trying to answer this question, such as, Plato 's claim that "owning objects is detrimental to a person 's character", whereas Aristotle argues that "ownership of tangible goods helps to develop moral character." However, to truly answer this this question, we must first answer the question, what is ownership? If this question is asked, friends, relatives, even strangers, will state similar answers. People will say something along the lines of, "the possession of an object" or "to be in control of something". However, we must then plunge deeper into the question
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We damage our "possessions" over time, to the point they become useless, unneeded and unwanted. However, to many this doesn 't matter because the goods can be easily replaced with replicas that are of the same or better quality of the original. We can also lose our "possessions" in natural disasters and tragedies, such as fires or hurricanes. We cannot own objects that can be taken away so easily. Parents give away their children 's outgrown clothing to relatives and friends. If they owned the clothing in the first place, how could it be given away so easily? When the clothes that were given away are outgrown they are either at the point where they must be given away, or they are sold in a yard …show more content…
However, patents are just a fancy piece of paper handed out by the government claiming that the holder of that patent owns the design or work. At the end of the day, it is just a piece of paper. The design idea isn 't original, designs of new inventions feature old inventions that are mandatory in the operation and construction of the design that now has a patent. Authors and musicians feature some ideas and influences from others in their field. Popular songs nowadays feature bits of songs by other artists. Authors write based off of what their readers want and have many similar ideas as others in their field. Even language isn 't original. The vast majority of languages stem from another and some language have millions of people that can speak it. People claim they own these ideas and creations, however, these things can 't be owned because of the ideas of others featured in

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