The Myth of Ownership by Liam Murphy
In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Taking as a guiding principle the conventional nature of private property, Murphy and Nagel show how taxes can only be evaluated as part of the overall system of property rights that they help to create. Justice or injustice in taxation, they argue, can only mean justice or injustice in the system of property rights and entitlements that result from a particular regime. Taking up ethical issues about individual liberty, interpersonal obligation, and both collective and personal responsibility, Murphy and Nagel force us to reconsider how our tax policy shapes our system of property rights.
Overall, the outline of the problems will radically simplify the teaching of applied political philosophy to advanced undergraduate and graduate studentsEconomics and Philosophy As a text which successfully applies the detailed arguments of modern normative philosophy to policy, The Myth of Ownership is sure to be a book many instructors will find useful in teaching courses of public policy, policy analysis, and the issues related to economic justice. Economics and Philosophy This little volume is a fine example of careful application of moral and political philosophy to public policy, accomplished with very high overall quality and welcome brevity. Economics and Philosophy
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195150162 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195150163 |
| Title | The Myth of Ownership |
| Author | Nagel Thomas |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2002-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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