Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights

Autores
Udi, Juliana
Año de publicación
2015
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inglés
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versión publicada
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Looking to the relatively recent "religious turn" in Locke scholarship, this paper argues for an interpretation that reconciles two apparently contradictory aspects of his thought: on the one hand, property rights, thought absolute by many of Locke's readers; on the other hand, Locke's notion of duties of charity. On the basis of a rereading of the "Essay on the Poor Law", I argue that Lockean charity may ground coercively enforceable distributive obligations. Nevertheless, I contend that the redistributive poor-relief system grounded on the principle of charity does not infringe property rights. The reason for this is that the right to charity and the right to property are both based on Locke's theological commitment to the right of each man to the means of preservation.
Fil: Udi, Juliana. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Locke
Charity
Property Rights
Right to Preservation
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spelling Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rightsUdi, JulianaLockeCharityProperty RightsRight to Preservationhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Looking to the relatively recent "religious turn" in Locke scholarship, this paper argues for an interpretation that reconciles two apparently contradictory aspects of his thought: on the one hand, property rights, thought absolute by many of Locke's readers; on the other hand, Locke's notion of duties of charity. On the basis of a rereading of the "Essay on the Poor Law", I argue that Lockean charity may ground coercively enforceable distributive obligations. Nevertheless, I contend that the redistributive poor-relief system grounded on the principle of charity does not infringe property rights. The reason for this is that the right to charity and the right to property are both based on Locke's theological commitment to the right of each man to the means of preservation.Fil: Udi, Juliana. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaCambridge University Press2015-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/51973Udi, Juliana; Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights; Cambridge University Press; Review of Politics; 77; 2; 4-2015; 191-2150034-6705CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1017/S0034670515000030info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-politics/article/locke-and-the-fundamental-right-to-preservation-on-the-convergence-of-charity-and-property-rights/D9E2C136FCB23573DE141DB031F9FC43info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:54:48Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/51973instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:54:48.663CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
title Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
spellingShingle Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
Udi, Juliana
Locke
Charity
Property Rights
Right to Preservation
title_short Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
title_full Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
title_fullStr Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
title_full_unstemmed Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
title_sort Locke and the fundamental right to preservation: On the convergence of charity and property rights
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Udi, Juliana
author Udi, Juliana
author_facet Udi, Juliana
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Locke
Charity
Property Rights
Right to Preservation
topic Locke
Charity
Property Rights
Right to Preservation
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Looking to the relatively recent "religious turn" in Locke scholarship, this paper argues for an interpretation that reconciles two apparently contradictory aspects of his thought: on the one hand, property rights, thought absolute by many of Locke's readers; on the other hand, Locke's notion of duties of charity. On the basis of a rereading of the "Essay on the Poor Law", I argue that Lockean charity may ground coercively enforceable distributive obligations. Nevertheless, I contend that the redistributive poor-relief system grounded on the principle of charity does not infringe property rights. The reason for this is that the right to charity and the right to property are both based on Locke's theological commitment to the right of each man to the means of preservation.
Fil: Udi, Juliana. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Looking to the relatively recent "religious turn" in Locke scholarship, this paper argues for an interpretation that reconciles two apparently contradictory aspects of his thought: on the one hand, property rights, thought absolute by many of Locke's readers; on the other hand, Locke's notion of duties of charity. On the basis of a rereading of the "Essay on the Poor Law", I argue that Lockean charity may ground coercively enforceable distributive obligations. Nevertheless, I contend that the redistributive poor-relief system grounded on the principle of charity does not infringe property rights. The reason for this is that the right to charity and the right to property are both based on Locke's theological commitment to the right of each man to the means of preservation.
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