Loren Ε Lomasky
Biographic Data
| ID | 4419394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loren Ε Lomasky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loren Ε |
| FAMILY NAME | Lomasky |
| SIGNATURE | LOMASKY L Ε |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5050-0885 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Collaboration as communication
Justice at a Distance
The current global-justice literature starts from the premise that world poverty is the result of structural injustice mostly attributable to past and present actions of governments and citizens of rich countries. As a result, that literature recommends vast coercive transfers of wealth from rich to poor societies, alongside stronger national and international governance. Justice at a Distance, in contrast, argues that global injustice is largely…
Public choice and political philosophy
Politics and Process
Swing and a myth
Liberalism Beyond Borders
While citizens of developed countries enjoy lives of unmatched affluence, over a billion people struggle to subsist on incomes of less than $1/day. Can't we conclude that their poverty constitutes a glaring injustice? The answer almost certainly is yes—but not because some countries are rich, nor because of inadequate levels of redistribution. Liberal political theory traditionally maintains that persons are rights-holders, and the primary duty o…
Against reviving republicanism
The strategy of this article is to consider republicanism in contrast with liberalism. We focus on three aspects of this contrast: republicanism’s emphasis on ‘social goods’ under various conceptualizations of that category; republicanism’s emphasis on political participation as an essential element of the ‘good life’; and republicanism’s distinctive understanding of freedom (following the lines developed by Pettit). In each case, we are skeptica…
Libertarianism at Twin Harvard
In this essay Loren Lomasky wryly proposes that the views of Rawls and Nozick might not be as radically divergent as is conventionally supposed. To demonstrate this proposition, Lomasky invents “Twin Harvard” counterparts of Rawls and Nozick. The twist is that Twin Rawls turns out to be a leading libertarian theorist while Twin Nozick endorses a regime of sweeping redistribution. In each case the position follows from familiar elements in the the…
When Hard Heads Collide
In this article, Loren Lomasky begins with a firsthand account of some of the people he interacted with at the Center for the Study of Public Choice in Blacksburg and some of what he learned there. Aside from the revealing personal anecdotes, we learn something of the culture clash he experienced as a visiting fellow at the Center and about his introduction to intellectual activity as "blood sport." Lomasky then reviews some of the strengths and …
CHAPTER 3 Classical Liberalism and Civil Society
Libertarianism as if (The Other 99 Percent of) People Mattered
In this essay I wish to consider the implications for theory and practice of the following two propositions, either or both of which may be controversial, but which will here be assumed for the sake of argument: (L) Libertarianism is the correct framework for political morality. (M) The vast majority of our fellow citizens disbelieve (L). 1
Once over Lightly
Book reviewed in this article: The Reahn of Rights. By Judith Thomson. Cambridge: Harvard University
Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community
This book presents the foundations of a liberal individualistic theory of rights, and explains what rights we have and do not have, why we have them, who is and who is not a holder of rights, and the place of rights within the overall structure of morality. The author argues for the moral importance of individual commitments to 'projects', and demonstrates the implications of this for a variety of problems and issues.
Are Property Rights Problematic?
Journal Article Are Property Rights Problematic? Get access Gerald F. Gaus, Gerald F. Gaus University of Minnesota at Duluth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Loren E. Lomasky Loren E. Lomasky University of Minnesota at Duluth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Monist, Volume 73, Issue 4, 1 October 1990, Pages 483–503, https://doi.org/10.5840/monist1990…
Persons, Rights and the Moral Community
But is it liberalism
THE LIBERTARIAN IDEA by Joseph Raz Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. 435 pp., $59.00 Joseph Raz's The Morality of Freedom offers a subtle and arrestingly original reconstruction of liberal theory. Raz argues that standard liberal linchpins such as neutrality, rights, equality, anti‐perfectionism, subjective preference, and individualism fail adequately to ground a liberal order. Rather, he enshrines autonomy as the core value of a justifiable liberalism. …
Human Rights
Book reviewed in this article: Liberty, Community, and Justice. By R.E. Ewin. Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community. By Loren E. Lomasky Making Sense of Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By James W. Nickel
Agreeable morality
MORALS BY AGREEMENT by David Gauthier New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 367 pp., $39.95
Public Money, Private Gain, Profit for All
What level of financial incentive is necessary in order to encourage the commercial applications of beneficial scientific findings? Some argue that the public and private economic worlds are inextricably intertwined and that all benefit when entrepreneurs seek to turn scientific knowledge into profit. Others believe that the unregulated acquisition of profits is unjustified if it clearly derives from public funds or the nonprofit research activit…
Response to E.S. Savas
The Matrix of Contractarian Justice
There are no first principles etched in stone from which all moral philosophers must take their bearings. We must deliberately choose our point of departure in any attempt to respond to the question: “Must any defensible theory of justice incorporate both a commitment to personal liberty and to economic equality?” Basic to our own approach is a suspicion of seers and visionaries who espy an external source of values independent from human choices…
Case Studies
Gift Relations, Sexual Relations and Freedom
Journal Article Gift Relations, Sexual Relations and Freedom Get access Loren E. Lomasky Loren E. Lomasky University of Minnesota, Duluth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 33, Issue 132, July 1983, Pages 250–258, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219224 Published: 01 July 1983
A refrutation of utilitarianism
A Challenge to Vouchers
Against reviving republicanism
The strategy of this article is to consider republicanism in contrast with liberalism. We focus on three aspects of this contrast: republicanism’s emphasis on ‘social goods’ under various conceptualizations of that category; republicanism’s emphasis on political participation as an essential element of the ‘good life’; and republicanism’s distinctive understanding of freedom (following the lines developed by Pettit). In each case, we are skeptica…
When Hard Heads Collide
In this article, Loren Lomasky begins with a firsthand account of some of the people he interacted with at the Center for the Study of Public Choice in Blacksburg and some of what he learned there. Aside from the revealing personal anecdotes, we learn something of the culture clash he experienced as a visiting fellow at the Center and about his introduction to intellectual activity as "blood sport." Lomasky then reviews some of the strengths and …
But is it liberalism
THE LIBERTARIAN IDEA by Joseph Raz Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. 435 pp., $59.00 Joseph Raz's The Morality of Freedom offers a subtle and arrestingly original reconstruction of liberal theory. Raz argues that standard liberal linchpins such as neutrality, rights, equality, anti‐perfectionism, subjective preference, and individualism fail adequately to ground a liberal order. Rather, he enshrines autonomy as the core value of a justifiable liberalism. …
Gewirth's Generation of Rights
Journal Article Gewirth’s Generation of Rights Get access Loren E. Lomasky Loren E. Lomasky University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 31, Issue 124, July 1981, Pages 248–253, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219114 Published: 01 July 1981
The Small but Crucial Role of Health Care Vouchers
belabor this point have fundamentally misconstrued the purpose of vouchers. The two major functions of health care vouchers are, first, to provide the poor with the means to avail themselves of medical services they could not otherwise afford; and second, to allow persons to choose health care providers and servicesfor themselves rather than have them imposed by benignly (or otherwise) intentioned governmental functionaries. When vouchers are com
Gewirth's Generation of Rights
Journal Article Gewirth’s Generation of Rights Get access Loren E. Lomasky Loren E. Lomasky University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 31, Issue 124, July 1981, Pages 248–253, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219114 Published: 01 July 1981
A Challenge to Vouchers
Case Studies
Gift Relations, Sexual Relations and Freedom
Journal Article Gift Relations, Sexual Relations and Freedom Get access Loren E. Lomasky Loren E. Lomasky University of Minnesota, Duluth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 33, Issue 132, July 1983, Pages 250–258, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219224 Published: 01 July 1983
A refrutation of utilitarianism
The Matrix of Contractarian Justice
There are no first principles etched in stone from which all moral philosophers must take their bearings. We must deliberately choose our point of departure in any attempt to respond to the question: “Must any defensible theory of justice incorporate both a commitment to personal liberty and to economic equality?” Basic to our own approach is a suspicion of seers and visionaries who espy an external source of values independent from human choices…
Response to E.S. Savas
Public Money, Private Gain, Profit for All
What level of financial incentive is necessary in order to encourage the commercial applications of beneficial scientific findings? Some argue that the public and private economic worlds are inextricably intertwined and that all benefit when entrepreneurs seek to turn scientific knowledge into profit. Others believe that the unregulated acquisition of profits is unjustified if it clearly derives from public funds or the nonprofit research activit…
Human Rights
Book reviewed in this article: Liberty, Community, and Justice. By R.E. Ewin. Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community. By Loren E. Lomasky Making Sense of Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By James W. Nickel
Agreeable morality
MORALS BY AGREEMENT by David Gauthier New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. 367 pp., $39.95
Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community
This book presents the foundations of a liberal individualistic theory of rights, and explains what rights we have and do not have, why we have them, who is and who is not a holder of rights, and the place of rights within the overall structure of morality. The author argues for the moral importance of individual commitments to 'projects', and demonstrates the implications of this for a variety of problems and issues.
Are Property Rights Problematic?
Journal Article Are Property Rights Problematic? Get access Gerald F. Gaus, Gerald F. Gaus University of Minnesota at Duluth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Loren E. Lomasky Loren E. Lomasky University of Minnesota at Duluth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Monist, Volume 73, Issue 4, 1 October 1990, Pages 483–503, https://doi.org/10.5840/monist1990…
Persons, Rights and the Moral Community
But is it liberalism
THE LIBERTARIAN IDEA by Joseph Raz Oxford: Clarendon, 1986. 435 pp., $59.00 Joseph Raz's The Morality of Freedom offers a subtle and arrestingly original reconstruction of liberal theory. Raz argues that standard liberal linchpins such as neutrality, rights, equality, anti‐perfectionism, subjective preference, and individualism fail adequately to ground a liberal order. Rather, he enshrines autonomy as the core value of a justifiable liberalism. …
Once over Lightly
Book reviewed in this article: The Reahn of Rights. By Judith Thomson. Cambridge: Harvard University
Libertarianism as if (The Other 99 Percent of) People Mattered
In this essay I wish to consider the implications for theory and practice of the following two propositions, either or both of which may be controversial, but which will here be assumed for the sake of argument: (L) Libertarianism is the correct framework for political morality. (M) The vast majority of our fellow citizens disbelieve (L). 1
CHAPTER 3 Classical Liberalism and Civil Society
When Hard Heads Collide
In this article, Loren Lomasky begins with a firsthand account of some of the people he interacted with at the Center for the Study of Public Choice in Blacksburg and some of what he learned there. Aside from the revealing personal anecdotes, we learn something of the culture clash he experienced as a visiting fellow at the Center and about his introduction to intellectual activity as "blood sport." Lomasky then reviews some of the strengths and …
Libertarianism at Twin Harvard
In this essay Loren Lomasky wryly proposes that the views of Rawls and Nozick might not be as radically divergent as is conventionally supposed. To demonstrate this proposition, Lomasky invents “Twin Harvard” counterparts of Rawls and Nozick. The twist is that Twin Rawls turns out to be a leading libertarian theorist while Twin Nozick endorses a regime of sweeping redistribution. In each case the position follows from familiar elements in the the…
Against reviving republicanism
The strategy of this article is to consider republicanism in contrast with liberalism. We focus on three aspects of this contrast: republicanism’s emphasis on ‘social goods’ under various conceptualizations of that category; republicanism’s emphasis on political participation as an essential element of the ‘good life’; and republicanism’s distinctive understanding of freedom (following the lines developed by Pettit). In each case, we are skeptica…
Liberalism Beyond Borders
While citizens of developed countries enjoy lives of unmatched affluence, over a billion people struggle to subsist on incomes of less than $1/day. Can't we conclude that their poverty constitutes a glaring injustice? The answer almost certainly is yes—but not because some countries are rich, nor because of inadequate levels of redistribution. Liberal political theory traditionally maintains that persons are rights-holders, and the primary duty o…
Swing and a myth
Politics and Process
Public choice and political philosophy
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