Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
Looking to the relatively recent "religious turn" in Locke scholarship, this paper argues for an interpretation that reconciles two apparently contradictory aspects of his thought: on the one hand, property rights, thought absolute by many of Locke's readers; on the other hand, Locke&...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/51973 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/51973 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Locke Charity Property Rights Right to Preservation https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
| Sumario: | Looking to the relatively recent "religious turn" in Locke scholarship, this paper argues for an interpretation that reconciles two apparently contradictory aspects of his thought: on the one hand, property rights, thought absolute by many of Locke's readers; on the other hand, Locke's notion of duties of charity. On the basis of a rereading of the "Essay on the Poor Law", I argue that Lockean charity may ground coercively enforceable distributive obligations. Nevertheless, I contend that the redistributive poor-relief system grounded on the principle of charity does not infringe property rights. The reason for this is that the right to charity and the right to property are both based on Locke's theological commitment to the right of each man to the means of preservation. |
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