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Libertarianism and Original Appropriation

Historia i Polityka, 2017
The article is devoted to the problem of the structure of libertarian theory of justice. It tries to present a map of the main concepts and principles of this theory and to investigate its possible justifications. It explains such fundamental concepts as
Łukasz Dominiak
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Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Economy of Price Formation in Slab City

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the unique economic practices of Slab City, California, an off‐grid community that rejects mainstream US values. Despite operating within the broader US economic system, Slab City residents have developed alternative forms of exchange, using cigarettes and cannabis alongside US dollars.
Bailey C. Hauswurz
wiley   +1 more source

Libertarian Theories of Justice

, 2023
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.
Wood-Donnelly C, McCauley D, Przybylinski S   +2 more
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Libertarian Paternalism Is Not An Oxymoron [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
The idea of libertarian paternalism might seem to be an oxymoron, but it is both possible and legitimate for private and public institutions to affect behavior while also respecting freedom of choice. Often people's preferences are ill-formed, and their choices will inevitably be influenced by default rules, framing effects, and starting points.
Richard H. Thaler, Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein   +2 more
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

LIBERTARIAN PATERNALISM AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL INSTITUTIONS IN RUSSIA AND ABROAD

RUDN Journal of Law, 2020
The article reveals the degree of influence of libertarianism on the development of various institutions of state and law. It is shown how one of its trends, libertarian paternalism, presented by researchers of behavioral economics R.
Olga V. Romanovskaya
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Libertarianism, Freedom and the Problem of Circularity

Athenaeum Polskie Studia Politologiczne, 2018
In the present paper the author considers a challenge to libertarianism posed by G A Cohen The charge issued by Cohen says that libertarianism defines freedom in terms of justice and justice in terms of freedom The paper deals with an aspect of this ...
Ł. Dominiak
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
wiley   +1 more source

Indirectly Free Actions, Libertarianism, and Resultant Moral Luck

Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Scientific Philosophy, 2018
Martin Luther affirms his theological position by saying “Here I stand. I can do no other.” Supposing that Luther’s claim is true, he lacks alternative possibilities at the moment of choice.
R. J. Hartman
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How the political elite make decisions

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The political elite make policy decisions in noisy environments and under time pressure, and so are prone to using heuristics. There are conflicting schools of thought as to whether it is appropriate for them to do so. Experienced decision‐makers are thought to be more effective at using heuristics, so it is possible that for the political ...
Conor Wynn, Liam Smith, Catherine Killen
wiley   +1 more source