This book contains the historically most important discussions of the philosophical foundations of left-libertarianism. Like the more familiar right-libertarianism (such as that of Nozick), left-libertarianism holds that agents own themselves (and thus owe no service the others expect as the result of voluntary action). Unlike right-libertarianism, however, left-libertarianism holds that natural resources are owned by the members of society in some egalitarian manner, and may be appropriated only with their permission, or with a significant payment to them.
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PETER VALLENTYNE is Professor of Philosophy at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He has written on a variety of issues in consequentialist moral theory, and edited Contractarianism and Rational Choice: Essays on the Work of David Gauthier (1991). He is currently developing a version of left-libertarianism (combining self-ownership with egalitarianism). HILLEL STEINER is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Manchester. A Fellow of the British Academy, he has published papers on liberty, rights and moral reasoning, and is the author of An Essay on Rights (1994) and (with Matthew Kramer and Nigel Simmonds) A Debate Over Rights: Philosophical Enquiries (1998).
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- Social Statics by Herbert Spencer on 4 pages
- Agrarian Justice (Notable American Authors) by Thomas Paine on page 81, page 83, and Back Matter
- Principles of Political Economy (Great Minds Series) by John Stuart Mill on page 159, and Back Matter
- Political Writings (100 Greatest Books of All Time) by Thomas Paine in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Pioneers of Land Reform by Thomas Spence on page 51, and Back Matter
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- Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1 (Social Philosophy and Policy) (v. 19) by Ellen Frankel Paul in Front Matter, page 344, and page 352
- A Short History of Distributive Justice by Samuel Fleischacker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Liberty, Desert and the Market: A Philosophical Study by Serena Olsaretti in Back Matter
- Left-Libertarianism and Its Critics: The Contemporary Debate by Peter Vallentyne in Front Matter
- Capabilities Equality: Basic Issues and Problems (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory) by Alexander Kaufman in Front Matter
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