Excellent article! I read another here on Steemit from the opposite perspective, which I would link here if I could find it, just to show the contrast. The author of that post argued he didn't own his own body, that it wasn't "property".

I've always thought that establishing ownership is of even greater importance than defining what property is, however the 2 concepts are not separate, rather they are essentially symbiotic. Ownership requires property, and that bumps up against authority. By what authority or principle can claims of ownership be made?

In the legal domain proof of ownership is a matter of control. You see that in the adage "Possession is 9/10 of the law". It is clear and obvious who is the ultimate authority that controls your body. Sure you can delegate that authority, assume the role of a proxy agent and blindly do the bidding of some external entity, but that is the very mechanism by which violence becomes greater. Acting that way functions as a multiplier of violence, it does not reduce its likelihood, it enables it.