Overview
- Presents a new theory of justice in which Universal Basic Income (UBI) plays a central role
- Puts forth a new theory of justice that is an alternative to natural rights theory and social contract theory
- Provides two arguments for UBI and defends it against three of the most common ethical criticisms of UBI
Part of the book series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
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This book is Karl Widerquist’s first statement of the “indepentarian” theory of property, called, “Justice as the Pursuit of Accord” (JPA). It argues the natural-rights-based arguments for unequal private property have failed to establish that institution as right. It is a legal privilege, inconsistent with the maximum equal freedom from interference. The book discusses how to establish and maintain a property system that best promotes freedom from interference. Paying taxes and obeying regulations is part of the purchase price of the right to control, use, or use-up any good made partly out of natural resources (i.e. all goods), because doing so interferes with people who control, use, or use-up fewer natural resources. A sufficient portion of that tax revenue has to be redistributed in the form of a Universal Basic Income to ensure the property system is in the interest of everyone.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Karl Widerquist is a Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University-Qatar. He specializes in distributive justice—the ethics of who has what. He has published dozens of articles in fields as diverse as economics, philosophy, politics, and anthropology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Problem of Property
Book Subtitle: Taking the Freedom of Nonowners Seriously
Authors: Karl Widerquist
Series Title: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21948-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-21947-4Published: 02 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-21950-4Published: 22 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-21948-1Published: 01 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2662-3803
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3811
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 131
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Economics, Economic Policy, Labor Economics, Social Philosophy