Recognition that creative and intellectual output represents an extension of the self, making ownership of one's ideas foundational to personal freedom and justice.
Sor Juana's prolific writing—from theology to poetry to philosophy—demonstrated that intellectual work is inseparable from identity and autonomy. She fought for the right to pursue knowledge and express her thoughts freely, treating her ideas as extensions of her personhood. In the context of libertarian justice, this means intellectual property rights protect not merely economic interest but fundamental liberty: the freedom to think, create, and benefit from one's own mind. Without such protection, individuals become dispossessed of their own labor and thought. Sor Juana's struggle against institutional censorship illuminates how denying ownership of ideas is a form of oppression that undermines both property rights and self-determination. Her tradition teaches that true freedom requires recognizing ideas as legitimate property deserving legal and moral protection.
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