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Political Philosophy and Taxation : A History from the Enlightenment to the Present by Robert F. van Brederode is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book explores how taxation is related to the role of the state and its relationship with its constituents, the concept of private property rights, the concepts of societal fairness and justice, and the battle between the individual and the collective. This book appeals to students and scholars who want to know how philosophers in the past and present think about taxation, and how their thinking has developed through cross-influencing. There exists no comprehensive study providing such an overview. This book is a foundational study on the philosophical justification of taxation (qualitative aspect) and the normative qualifications required of tax law to constitute tax that is just and fair (distributive or quantitative aspect). The latter includes evaluation of what type of tax is morally correct or acceptable to realize distributive justice. This book covers periods from the Enlightenment era until the present. The philosophers are grouped together in schools of thought and each chapter except for chapter 1 and chapter 13, are is dedicated to a specific philosophical school. Moreover, this book aims to provide an overview of each school of thinking and the individual philosoph

Who reads Political Philosophy and Taxation : A History from the Enlightenment to the Present?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Robert F. van Brederode
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint : Springer
Published
2022
Language
EN
ISBN
9789811910913
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Science, Philosophy

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