Property Rights and Poverty Political Argument in Britain, 1605-1834

Name: Property Rights and Poverty Political Argument in Britain, 1605-1834
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ISBN: 9780807857342

ISBN-10: 0807857343

ISBN-13: 9780807857342

Edition: 2011

Authors: Thomas A. Horne

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Focusing primarily on British political thought from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, Thomas Horne examines the philosophical links between property rights and welfare rights. He demonstrates that the defense of property did not preclude a rationale for aiding the poor. In doing so, he provides valuable insights into the origins of both classical liberalism and the contemporary welfare state. Horne first considers the writings of Hugo Grotius, the Dutch philosopher and jurist who laid out the terms for the debate over owning property as a natural right. Like later natural law theorists, Grotius was concerned with the question of how God's grant of the earth to all humanity could be…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.066
Language: English

Thomas A. Horne is associate professor of political science at the University of Tulsa.