The limits of Lockean rights in property / Gopal Sreenivasan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sreenivasan, Gopal, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Locke, John, 1632-1704 Two treatises of government.

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Views on property.

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Contributions in political science.

Property.

Local Subjects:

Locke, John, 1632-1704 Two treatises of government.

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Views on property.

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Contributions in political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 162 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive interpretation of Locke's argument for the legitimacy of private property, and a critical assessment of that argument, including an exploration of its defensibility in modern terms, as well as its limits.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; Locke's Property and Lockean Property; Rights in Property; The Context of Locke's Argument; The Consent Problem; Rights and the Means of Preservation; Overview; Part I. Property in the Two Treatises; 2. Property without Consent; 3. Mixing or Making?; Part II. Limitations of Lockean Property; 4. Limitations of the Original Theory; 5. A Latter-Day Lockean; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773077-9

1-280-76052-4

0-19-535794-9

OCLC:

252640097