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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christman, John, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliography: p205-219. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1994.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773105-8

1-280-52714-5

0-19-535888-0

1-4294-0582-1

OCLC:

476014562