Property and Authority

David Owens

doi:10.1111/jopp.12190

Property and Authority

David Owens

Philosophy

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Abstract

It is widely believed that personal property rights are to be justified by reference to the interest potential owners have in controlling things that matter to them. The first part of the paper develops one form of this view, highlighting its several theoretical merits. I then raise two problems for the control interest hypothesis (as I call it) and defend a novel alternative, one based on the idea that human beings have an interest in controlling their normative situation. This authority interest hypothesis shares the merits of the control interest hypothesis whilst lacking its defects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-293
Journal	JOURNAL OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Volume	27
Issue number	3
Early online date	31 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12190
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

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