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Left-libertarianism, once more: A rejoinder to Vallentyne, Steiner, and Otsuka

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The belief that Left-libertarians are successful in disarming the right-libertarian claim that self-ownership implies a strong version of inequality is described. The two central claims that self-ownership is an indeterminate concept and versions of left-libertarianism are thinly disguised versions of more familiar forms of liberal egalitarianism is highlighted.

Analysis, Egalitarianism

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Left-libertarianism: a review essay

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Focusing on libertarian concept of "self-ownership" and "egalitarian" distribution of natural resources (taxation), the author argues that left-libertarianism is far off from a coherent and distinct philosophical approach. An overview of two works on left-libertarianism, edited by Peter Vallentyne and Hillel Steiner, is used as a starting point.

United States, Science & research, Research, Comparative analysis, Criticism and interpretation, Right and left (Political science), Critical Essay, Distributive justice, Left-Libertarianism and Its Critics: the Contemporary Debate (Book), The Origins of Left-Libertarianism: an Anthology of Historical Writings (Book), Steiner, Hillel, Vallentyne , Peter

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"If you don't like it, leave it": the problem of exit in social contractarian arguments

Article Abstract:

The exit option refers to all the alternative arrangements that are available to the negotiators in the event they fail to reach an agreement with their co-bargainers. The difficulties of constructing exit options comes in both retrospective and prospective forms of social contractarian (SC) arguments

Public affairs, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Social contract, Speeches, lectures and essays, Contractarianism

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