The Right to Private Property

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-19-823937-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 677 g

Reihe: Clarendon Paperbacks

Can the right to private property be claimed as one of the `rights of mankind'? This is the central question of this comprehensive and critical examination of the subject of private property. Jeremy Waldron contrasts two types of arguments about rights: those based on historical entitlement, and those based on the importance of property to freedom. He provides a detailed discussion of the theories of property found in Locke's Second Treatise and Hegel's Philosophy
of Right to illustrate this contrast. The book contains original analyses of the concept of ownership, the ideas of rights, and the relation between property and equality. The author's overriding determination throughout is to follow through the arguments and values used to justify private
ownership. He finds that the traditional arguments about property yield some surprisingly radical conclusions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waldron, Jeremy

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: The Framework: Introduction; What is private property?; Right-based arguments; Special rights and general rights; Part II: The arguments: Arguing for property; Locke's discussion of property; Historical entitlement: some difficulties; General-right-based arguments for private property; The Proudhon Strategy; Hegel's discussion of property; Self-ownership and the opportunity to appropriate; Property for all; Bibliography; Index