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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809955203321

Autore

Christman John

Titolo

The myth of property : toward an egalitarian theory of ownership / / John Christman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773105-8

1-280-52714-5

0-19-535888-0

1-4294-0582-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

330.17

Soggetti

Property

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliography: p205-219. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I. The Structure of Ownership; 1. What, If Anything, Is Ownership?; 2. Ownership and the Structure of the Economy; II. Attempts to Justify Liberal Ownership; 3. Can Liberal Ownership Be Justified by Natural Rights?; 4. Liberty and Liberal Ownership; 5. Ownership, Markets, and Moral Desert; 6. Ownership and the Maximization of Utility; III. A New Model of Ownership; 7. The Abandonment of Liberal Ownership; 8. Self-Ownership; 9. Toward an Egalitarian Theory of Ownership; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This treatise focuses directly on the concept of ownership, on the complex structure of property rights, and the relation between that structure and distributive justice.