The attraction of historical entitlements

Journal of Value Inquiry 36 (1):61-73 (2002)
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Abstract

In this paper, I examine arguments from Stephen Munzer and A. John Simmons and find that historical entitlement arguments for private property ownership are either too weak to justify poverty, as they must if they are to defend a property system wherein historical entitlement claims dominate, or they are subject to Jeremy Waldron’s “Proudhon Strategy.” I conclude that a general rights-based property system can accommodate the attractive aspects of historical entitlement arguments.

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Christopher Ciocchetti
Centenary College of Louisiana

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