Property

AvRobert Lamb

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Few political ideas are as divisive and controversial for some – and yet taken for granted by others – as the ownership of private property. For its defenders, private ownership is a fundamental right that protects individual freedom and ensures wider economic benefits for the community; for its critics, by contrast, property is institutionalised theft, responsible for lamentable levels of inequality and poverty.In this book, Robert Lamb explores philosophical arguments deployed to conceptualise, justify, and criticise private property ownership. He introduces the radical case against property advanced by anarchist and socialist writers, before analysing some of the most important and influential arguments in its favour. Lamb explains and assesses the various defences of property rights advanced by Locke, Hume, Hegel, J. S. Mill, and Nozick. He then shows how theorists such as John Rawls and his followers encourage us to rethink the very nature of ownership in a democratic society.This engaging synthesis of historical and contemporary theories of property will be essential reading for students and scholars of political philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-20
Mått:137 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:227 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Key Concepts in Political Theory
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781509519200

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Robert Lamb is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Exeter.

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�In addressing the most influential theories of property to have emerged over the last four centuries, Robert Lamb captures a complex body of arguments into a concise, accessible, and yet sophisticated book. The result is an impressive and valuable achievement.�Daniel Halliday, The University of Melbourne �In his magisterial tour through the history of philosophical theories of property, Robert Lamb presents a perspicuous map of the territory, and a lucid account of how we can think more clearly about property rights and their implications. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers in political philosophy and political theory, as well as being of interest and value to citizens thinking about politics.� Martin O'Neill, University of York

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: What is Property? Contesting conceptsAn historical approach to the concept of propertyStructure of the bookNotes1 The Case against Private PropertyJean-Jacques RousseauProudhon and the anarchist case against propertySocialism and the idea of life without private ownershipConclusionNotes2 Libertarianism and the Natural Right to PropertyThe inviolability of property rightsProperty and freedomThe concept of self-ownershipThe legacy of LockeNotes3 Natural Law and the Gnarled Roots of Self-OwnershipThe role of theology in natural law theories of propertyBack to NozickRedistributive libertarianismConclusionNotes4 Property for the Greater Good: Utilitarian Theories of OwnershipUtilitarianism as normative political theoryHume and the emergence of propertyThe utilitarianisms of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart MillEvaluating the utilitarian theories of propertyConclusionNotes5 Ownership as Will in the World: Hegel’s Account of PropertyProperty as freedomMoments of ownershipProperty and poverty: the problem of ‘the rabble’ConclusionNotes6 Property within Justice: Rawls and BeyondRawls on the right to private propertyProperty and distributive justiceProperty-owning democracy and the concept of predistributionConclusionNotesConclusionBibliographyIndex