Today, the Library of Economics and Liberty is running the first part of a three-part series on the nature of property rights. ”He begins with an analysis of the 17th century English political philosopher, John Locke, and continues by taking on a number of philosophers who belong to what he calls the “ownership is a myth” school: J. Christman, L. Murphy and T. Nagel, and J. Waldron. These philosophers argue that property “rights” are just part of a “legal convention” and must be evaluated by “society” to determine whether they conform to notions of “social” and not individual justice.” Part II was just added online as well.
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