A Discourse on Property: John Locke and his Adversaries

James Tully

ISBN 10: 0521271401 / ISBN 13: 9780521271400

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Discourse on Property: John Locke and his Adversaries
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521271401
• ISBN 13: 9780521271400
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 350 grams

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Synopsis

John Locke's theory of property is perhaps the most distinctive and the most influential aspect of his political theory. In this book James Tully uses an hermeneutical and analytical approach to offer a revolutionary revision of early modern theories of property, focusing particularly on that of Locke. Setting his analysis within the intellectual context of the seventeenth century, Professor Tully overturns the standard interpretations of Locke's theory, showing that it is not a justification of private property. Instead he shows it to be a theory of individual use rights within a framework of inclusive claim rights. He links Locke's conception of rights not merely to his ethical theory, but to the central arguments of his epistemology, and illuminates the way in which Locke's theory is tied to his metaphysical views of God and man, his theory of revolution and his account of a legitimate polity.

Book Description

John Locke's theory of property is perhaps the most distinctive and the most influential aspect of his political theory. In this book James Tully uses an hermeneutical and analytical approach to offer a revolutionary revision of early modern theories of property, focusing particularly on that of Locke.