The Problem of Property: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously - Couverture souple

Widerquist, Karl

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3031219503 ISBN 13 : 9783031219504

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031219503
• ISBN 13: 9783031219504
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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