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<p><p>This book contains the historically most important discussions of the philosophical foundations of left-libertarianism. It addresses questions such as: What exactly is self-ownership? What are the principle objections to it, and how powerful are they? What are the most plausible views about ownership of natural resourcesw? Do they imply joint ownership and collective-decision making? Do they allow private appropriation? How is the social fund generated from such payments to be spent? Is it to be divided equally? Is it to be used to purchase public goods? Is it to be devoted to promoting equality of opportunity? Includes selections from Groitus, Pufendorf, Locke, Paine, Mill, George, Walras and others.<p></p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>The first of a two-volume anthology, this collection assembles 16 of the principal historic writings that address characteristic themes of left-libertarianism, dating from the 17th century to the early 20th. The editors (philosophers with Virginia Commonwealth U. and the U. of Manchester, respectively) view left-libertarianism as a coherent and viable third way between unconstrained egalitarian theories and right-libertarianism<-->a political phil
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press; Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312235918
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Philosophy, Science
