Natural Law, Property, and Redistribution
In his essay "Natural Law, Property, and Justice," B. Andrew Lustig argues for what he calls "significant correspondences" between John Locke's theory of property and scholastic theories of property on the one hand, and between Locke's theory and contemporary Catholic s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1993
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 165-180 |
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| Summary: | In his essay "Natural Law, Property, and Justice," B. Andrew Lustig argues for what he calls "significant correspondences" between John Locke's theory of property and scholastic theories of property on the one hand, and between Locke's theory and contemporary Catholic social teaching on the other. These correspondences, Lustig claims, establish an intellectual "tradition of property in common." I argue that linking Aquinas--even via Locke--to the redistributivism of contemporary Catholic social teaching requires distorting his political theory. This distortion, I argue, obscures the possibility of using Aquinas's political theory as a basis for radical social criticism. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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