Left-Libertarianism and Liberty
Abstract
I shall formulate and motivate a left- libertarian theory of justice. Like the more familiar right-libertarianism, it holds that agents initially fully own themselves. Unlike right-libertarianism, it holds that natural resources belong to everyone in some egalitarian manner. Left-libertarianism is, I claim, a plausible version of liberal egalitarianism because it is suitably sensitive to considerations of liberty, security, and equality.
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Citation
Contemporary debates in political philosophy. eds. T. Christiano, J. Christman. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. 137-151.