[Boudica]

When you give someone a gift, you're accepting the possibility that they may squander it. We're not puppets, after all.

Very interesting take on it. I suppose a "gift" denotes passing ownership to the person you're gifting to. Arguing on the semantics of "gift", you could say we own our own bodies, and still be within the bounds of that religious view.

Without a religious lens, I would argue it could still be a good philosophical question. Ownership is often considered to mean "total control" of something, but I don't think that's quite right. You might own a dog, but won't be in total control of all of it's actions and behaviours. In that sense, I would say I own my own body, but don't have full control over everything that happens to it. For example, if someone makes me laugh, I don't necessarily choose to laugh as it's an involuntary response. You could also go down the route of women's rights and abortion laws. Or as Kurd pointed out, there's also medical aspects to consider.

I agree with this view, even tho i have "religious lens on", i think that you do have ownership on your body and you can damage it or do whatever to it on purpose. But the fact that you have the choice ..doesn t mean its a good choice. Like laws down here, you can comite a crime by choice, but it doesn t mean that because of this freedom of choice you want have to deal with the consequences.

That's an interesting thing to add: Ownership means you can make choices about your body, but that may not be without consequences.