Libertarian Theories of Justice

Corine Wood-Donnelly; Darren McCauley; Stephen Przybylinski

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Libertarian Theories of Justice

Corine Wood-Donnelly^*, Darren McCauley, Stephen Przybylinski

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This chapter examines the mainstream libertarian theory of justice and its criticisms. Its focus is on the tradition’s protection of individual rights and the enforcement of contracts, as well as a re-examination of historical property acquisitions and state arbitration. The authors encourage justice thinkers to consider the diverse range of alternatives to mainstream (conservative) libertarian thought, such as those originating in anarchist thought, to account for the ecological limits of natural resources, for example, and how such arguments present primary constraints on libertarian perspectives on absolute rights of liberty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Theorising Justice
Subtitle of host publication	A Primer for Social Scientists
Editors	Johanna Ohlsson and Stephen Przybylinski
Chapter	2
Pages	32-44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529232233.ch002
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2023

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