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The Limits of Lockean Rights in Property.
Title:
The Limits of Lockean Rights in Property.
Author:
Sreenivasan, Gopal.
ISBN:
9780195357943
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Locke's Property and Lockean Property -- Rights in Property -- The Context of Locke's Argument -- The Consent Problem -- Rights and the Means of Preservation -- Overview -- Part I. Property in the Two Treatises -- 2. Property without Consent -- Natural Law and Natural Rights -- The Consent Problem -- The Bare Structure -- Money and Scarcity -- Waldron's Critique -- Rights and the Means of Preservation -- Enough and as Good -- Tully and Community Ownership -- Labour's Abundance -- 3. Mixing or Making? -- Labour, Mixing, and the Tradition -- The Workmanship Model -- God and Creation -- Man as Maker -- Some Objections -- A Difficulty -- An Asymmetry -- The Preservation of Property -- Part II. Limitations of Lockean Property -- 4. Limitations of the Original Theory -- Limits in Locke -- The Nature of Locke's Property -- Conditions of Locke's Property -- Charity -- Inheritance -- Limits to Locke -- The Limits of Transmission -- Access versus Appropriation -- Taking Sufficiency Seriously -- The Generation Problem -- 5. A Latter-Day Lockean -- Nozick on Property -- The Indeterminacy Objection -- Compensation and Comparison -- Beyond Productive Bounty -- 6. Conclusion -- The Interpretation of the Argument -- The Argument for the Interpretation -- The Limits of Lockean Logic -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
This book discusses Locke's theory of property from both a critical and an interpretative standpoint. The author first develops a comprehensive interpretation of Locke's argument for the legitimacy of private property, and then examines the extent to which the argument is really serviceable in defense of that institution. He contends that a purified version of Locke's argument--one that adheres consistently to the logic of Locke's text while excluding considerations extraneous to his logic--actually does establish the legitimacy of a form of private property. This version, which is both defensible in contemporary, secular terms and is, essentially, egalitarian, should provoke a reassessment of the nature of Locke's relevance to contemporary discussions of distributive justice.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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