Abstract
Left-libertarianism comes in two main varieties: equal share and equal opportunity for well-being. Although equal share left-libertarians have supported a basic income guarantee, its equal opportunity counterparts either ignore a basic income in their theorizing or reject it. This article offers four reasons why left-libertarians should consider a basic income as a way to promote equality of opportunity for well-being: a basic income enhances self-respect, a basic income opens up the possibility of personal projects beyond traditional employment, a basic income protects negative freedom, and a basic income minimizes potential for abuses and mistakes of centralized authorities. Peter Vallentyne’s objection to basic income is also considered. His asset-oriented account of the Lockean proviso is rejected in favor of an equality-promoting account that requires a substantial basic income.
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- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Automation Creates a New Kind of Collective Property That Can Fund Basic Incomes, Equal in Size to the Total Incomes Lost to Automation
- What is the Essential Difference Between a Basic Income and an Income-tested Benefit System?
- Equal Opportunity Left-Libertarianism and a Basic Income Guarantee
- Evaluating the Sustainability of the Productive Effects of a Universal Cash Transfer in Rural Uganda: Do Impacts on Savings, Investment, Production and Labour Persist After Program end?
- Guaranteed Income: A Policy Landscape Review of 105 Programs in the United States
- Green Basic Income: Evaluating the Bolsa Verde Project in the Brazilian Amazon
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Automation Creates a New Kind of Collective Property That Can Fund Basic Incomes, Equal in Size to the Total Incomes Lost to Automation
- What is the Essential Difference Between a Basic Income and an Income-tested Benefit System?
- Equal Opportunity Left-Libertarianism and a Basic Income Guarantee
- Evaluating the Sustainability of the Productive Effects of a Universal Cash Transfer in Rural Uganda: Do Impacts on Savings, Investment, Production and Labour Persist After Program end?
- Guaranteed Income: A Policy Landscape Review of 105 Programs in the United States
- Green Basic Income: Evaluating the Bolsa Verde Project in the Brazilian Amazon