Milburn, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-0638-8555 (2016) The demandingness of Nozick’s ‘Lockean’ proviso. European Journal of Political Theory, 15 (3). pp. 276-292. ISSN 1474-8851
Abstract
Interpreters of Robert Nozick’s political philosophy fall into two broad groups concerning his application of the ‘Lockean proviso’. Some read his argument in an undemanding way: individual instances of ownership which make people worse off than they would have been in a world without any ownership are unjust. Others read the argument in a demanding way: individual instances of ownership which make people worse off than they would have been in a world without that particular ownership are unjust. While I argue that the former reading is correct as an interpretive matter, I suggest that this reading is nonetheless highly demanding. In particular, I argue that it is demanding when it is expanded to include the protection of nonhuman animals; if such beings are right bearers, as more and more academics are beginning to suggest, then there is no nonarbitrary reason to exclude them from the protection of the proviso.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s). This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Journal of Political Theory. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Robert Nozick; Lockean proviso; right libertarianism; animal rights; property rights; climate change; nonidentity problem |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2020 16:08 |
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2020 16:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1474885114562978 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:157876 |