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Author Roark, Eric, 1979-

Title Removing the commons : a Lockean left-libertarian approach to the just use and appropriation of natural resources / Eric Roark.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The shared world -- Natural resources and artifacts -- Lockean left-libertarianism -- Property rights and access to the self -- The use of natural resources within the commons -- The appropriation of natural resources from the commons -- Global poverty and environmental degradation.
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Summary "Removing the Commons examines the moral condition in which people can remove--through either use or appropriation--natural resources from the commons. This task begins with a robust defense of the view that natural resources initially belong to all people. Granting that natural resources initially belong to all people, it follows that all people have a claim that limits the way in which others may go about taking or removing natural resources from the commons. In assessing these limitations, Eric Roark argues for a Lockean left-libertarian theory of justice in which all people have the right of self-ownership and may only remove natural resources from the commons if they adhere to the Lockean Proviso by leaving zenough and as goody for others. Roarkā€™s account goes beyond existing treatments of the Lockean Proviso by insisting that the duty to leave enough and as good for others applies not merely to those who appropriate natural resources from the commons, but also to those who use natural resources within the commons. Removing the Commons defends a Georgist interpretation of the Lockean Proviso in which those who remove natural resources from the commons must pay the competitive rent of their removal in a fashion that best promotes equal opportunity for welfare. Finally, Roark gives extended consideration to the implications that the developed Lockean Left-Libertarian account of removing natural resources from the commons poses toward both global poverty and environmental degradation."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Commons.
Natural resources, Communal.
Right of property.
Natural Resources.
Ownership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Commons. (OCoLC)fst00869839
Natural resources, Communal. (OCoLC)fst01034516
Right of property. (OCoLC)fst01097863
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Roark, Eric, 1979- Removing the commons 9780739174685 (DLC) 2013022648 (OCoLC)843856379
ISBN 9780739174692 (electronic bk.)
073917469X (electronic bk.)
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