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A Lockean Argument for Basic Income
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Daniel D. Moseley
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January 19, 2012
Libertarians should not reject the goal of establishing a global basic income program. There are strong Lockean considerations that favor such a program. This article explains a conception of equal share left-libertarianism that is supported by the rights of full self-ownership and world ownership. It argues that an appropriately constructed basic income program would be a key institution for promoting those rights.
Keywords: full self-ownership; libertarianism; John Locke; natural resources; taxation; world ownership
Published Online: 2012-1-19
©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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Keywords for this article
full self-ownership;
libertarianism;
John Locke;
natural resources;
taxation;
world ownership
Articles in the same Issue
- Front Matter
- List of Contributors
- Content
- Book Review
- Review of Gijs van Donselaar, The Right to Exploit: Parasitism, Scarcity, Basic Income
- Review of Doris Schroeder, Work Incentives and Welfare Provision: The "Pathological" Theory of Unemployment
- Introduction: What is Libertarianism?
- A Lockean Argument for Basic Income
- Locke on Basic Income
- Taking the "G" out of BIG: A Comparative Political Economy Perspective on Basic Income
- Classical Liberalism and the Basic Income
- Basic Income Is Not an Obligation, But It Might Be a Legitimate Choice
- Two Libertarian Arguments for Basic Income Proposals
- Libertarianism and the Justice of a Basic Income
