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When I reference the concept of self ownership, I prefer to describe it from society's perspective rather than the individuals perspective. It turns the individual perspective of "I own myself and the fruits of my labors" into "Don't hurt people, don't take people's things, don't make people do things they don't want to do". That perspective of the concept includes both individual and collective force and thereby removes any ambiguity of the intent of the concept.
The behavior of mutual respect stems from the concept of self ownership. Whether mutual respect is practiced out of fear of reprisal or voluntarily not wishing to violate it is irrelevant as the behavior remains the same.
The dynamic created by this practice is what I see as the basis for all of human civilization and every society within it. All other social functions rely on that dynamic to operate at all.
This brings me to force. We know that people exist who would abuse force for their own benefit. So, society must use force to enforce some rules. That's called law. Law is the use of collective force on behalf of the individual to defend that which society says the individual has the right to protect. This is why we have to look at self ownership from society's perspective. The only rules for the acceptable use of force are; don't hurt people, don't take people's things, don't make people do things they don't want to do. Anything beyond that is an abuse of power.
I feel like that perspective is not only how society actually works, but the core of libertarian philosophy complete with the proper role of force.