Left-Libertarianism And Its Critics

This book contains a collection of important recent writing on left-liberalism, a political philosophy that recognizes both strong liberty rights and strong demands for material equality. Essays from leading comtemporary political philosophers such as Nozick, Van Parijs and Kymlica are included in this volume.

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A successor to in which 18 contemporary writers set out the doctrines of a form of libertarianism that shares with its right-wing version a belief that people own themselves and owe no service to others except what they volunteer, but also holds that natural resources are justly owned by members of society in some egalitarian manner, and so may be privatized only with permission or a significant payment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Peter Vallentyne is Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.

Hillel Steiner is Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Manchester.