Property and the Obligation to Support the Conditions of Human Flourishing

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Abstract

American rights discourse makes it difficult to generate responsibilities for the well-being of the communities within which human personhood is formed. Gregory S. Alexander's Property and Human Flourishing (2018) focuses on the obligations that property owners owe to the communities in which they are embedded. Drawing on a communitarian ontology-as opposed to atomist ontology-and writing in the spirit of Aristotle, John Stuart Mill, and thinkers of the liberalism of flourishing, Alexander endorses human flourishing as the central ideal of the good life, and argues that ownership of property is justified insofar as it facilitates the opportunity of persons to live flourishing lives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)521-538
Number of pages18
JournalLaw and Social Inquiry
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

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