Libertarianism, left and right

Mazor, Joseph and Vallentyne, Peter (2018) Libertarianism, left and right. In: Olsaretti, Serena, (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice. Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 129-151. ISBN 9780199645121

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This chapter explores the libertarian account of distributive justice. It explains the self-ownership thesis and then considers criticisms relating to indeterminacy, small incursions, and enforceable duties of assistance. It then turns to questions relating to natural resources, including whether they are initially owned, the conditions under which they may be appropriated, and the right vs left libertarian debate over whether or not they should ultimately be owned in an egalitarian manner. The chapter then lays out the libertarian account of just economic activity and considers criticisms based on the role of luck, the moral limits of markets, discrimination, paternalism, unjust prices, alternative notions of freedom, the plight of the desperately poor, and market failures. The chapter then concludes by raising important topics for future research, including the moral status of minors, future people, global justice, property rights in non-divisible natural resources, and rectificatory justice.

Item Type:	Book Section
Official URL:	http://www.oup.com/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Authors
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2018 14:34
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2024 02:09
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90394

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