Publisher's Synopsis
This book subjects the claim that private property is one of the rights of man to a comprehensive and critical examination.;The author contrasts two types of arguments about rights - those based on historical entitlement, and those based on the importance of property for freedom. He illustrates this contrast with a detailed discussion of the theories of property found in Locke's "Second Treatise" and Hegel's "Philosophy of Right" and concludes with justification for private ownership.;The original analyses of the concept of ownership, the idea of rights and the relation between property and equality are also covered here.
