Bowen Hou

A Contractualist Delineation of the Right to Know and the Right to Privacy: Internal Clarification and Extension within a Libertarian Rights Framework

This paper aims to rigorously define and extend the logical relationship between the right to know and the right to privacy within a rights framework that takes self-ownership as its first principle. The core argument proceeds in two progressive tiers. The first tier focuses on i...

The Absoluteness of Human Rights: A Logical Proof Based on Performative Reductio ad Absurdum

This paper aims to provide a rigorous logical proof for the proposition that "human rights are absolute." Unlike existing theories that rely on metaphysical presuppositions, theological premises, or empirical induction, this paper employs a method of "performative reductio ad abs...

Self Ownership as First Principle: The Logical Construction and Justification of a Normative Political Philosophy Framework

This paper aims to construct the logical framework of a normative political philosophy system and to provide a rigorous philosophical justification for its core value hierarchy. The argument proceeds from the first principle of selfownership, demonstrating that it constitutes the...