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John Locke's theory of property is perhaps the most distinctive and the most influential aspect of his political theory. In this book James Tully uses an hermeneutical and analytical approach to offer a revolutionary revision of early modern theories of property, focusing particularly on that of Locke. Setting his analysis within the intellectual context of the seventeenth century, Professor Tully overturns the standard interpretations of Locke's theory, showing that it is not a justification of private property. Instead he shows it to be a theory of individual use rights within a framework of inclusive claim rights. He links Locke's conception of rights not merely to his ethical theory, but to the central arguments of his epistemology, and illuminates the way in which Locke's theory is tied to his metaphysical views of God and man, his theory of revolution and his account of a legitimate polity.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics

• Full title: Discourse on Property
• Subtitle: John Locke and his Adversaries
• Author: James Tully
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212
• EAN: 9780521271400
• ISBN: 0521271401
• ID: 02026125
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 338 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 229 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. October 1982

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