Lockean ownership of property, extreme poverty and charity

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  • Juliana Udi

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Locke, private property, poverty, charity, distributive justice

Abstract

This paper explores the duty of charity as a new interpretation key for the lockean theory of property. First, I explicit its demands, deontic status, and theological and philosophical foundations. This analysis is complemented by a consideration of a brief essay of 1697, in which Locke proposed a reform of the elizabethan English Poor Law. As a result of this examination I conclude that even though the duty of charity does not compromise any property rights, it presupposes a minimal core of redistributive justice.

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Udi, J. (2015). Lockean ownership of property, extreme poverty and charity. Revista De Estudios Políticos, (157), 165–188. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RevEsPol/article/view/40026

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