Widerquist The Problem of Property

Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-21948-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 131 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book is Karl Widerquist’s first statement of the “indepentarian” theory of property, called, “Justice as the Pursuit of Accord” (JPA). It argues the natural-rights-based arguments for unequal private property have failed to establish that institution as right. It is a legal privilege, inconsistent with the maximum equal freedom from interference. The book discusses how to establish and maintain a property system that best promotes freedom from interference. Paying taxes and obeying regulations is part of the purchase price of the right to control, use, or use-up any good made partly out of natural resources (i.e. all goods), because doing so interferes with people who control, use, or use-up fewer natural resources. A sufficient portion of that tax revenue has to be redistributed in the form of a Universal Basic Income to ensure the property system is in the interest of everyone.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Widerquist, Karl

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Problem Of Property.- Chapter 2: Lockean Property Theory: A Menu Of Options For The Justification Of Unilateral Appropriation.- Chapter 3: Lockean Appropriation Assessed.- Chapter 4: Right-Libertarian Appropriation Assessed.- Chapter 5: The Approximation Of A Property Rights Accord.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Greater Of Two Goods

Über Autor(innen)

Karl Widerquist is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University-Qatar. He specializes in distributive justice—the ethics of who has what. He has published dozens of articles in fields as diverse as economics, philosophy, politics, and anthropology.