It prohibits taking any advantage in business, that is inconsistent with the rule, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' 4. It prohibits the infliction of any injury upon the person, morals, education, reputation, family, or property of a human being, whereby he has less of good than he would have possessed but for your interference. It prohibits every sinful omission, that naturally tends to the same result. It prohibits every disposition to defraud, overreach, circumvent, or in any way inflict an injury on a human being. Reasons for this commandment.
Self ownership is implied in moral agency.
It is indispensable to accountability. Hence self ownership is indispensable to virtue. It is also indispensable to that happiness which is the result of virtue. The right of property is founded upon, and is necessarily connected with self ownership. Both these are indispensable to the highest well being of individuals, and of the race.