Welcome to the Dark Side
A Classical-Liberal Argument for Economic Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Gourevitch (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 290-305 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913811.2014.947743 |
| OpenAlex | W2052893258 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
John Tomasi's Free Market Fairness claims to provide a principled defense of classical-liberal institutions. Respect for the development of our moral powers or “self-authorship,” according to Tomasi, requires that we make certain economic liberties basic, including freedom of contract and the right to accumulate property. Yet Tomasi's principles and his institutions are at odds. Tomasi has provided ethical grounds for defending not classical-liberal but radical-democratic, even socialist, economic freedoms. This is most vivid in Tomasi's account of the “liberties of working.” He argues that it is not just the choice of work but control of the workplace experience that is a vital part of our self-authorship. If this is true, Tomasi has not given a defense of a robust right to “freedom of contract,” but rather of those rights of control over work and property that leftists have long argued for
Argument (complex analysis · Democracy · Epistemology · Freedom of contract · Law and economics · Liberal democracy · Liberalism · Political science · Politics · Property (philosophy · Property rights · Sociology · Work (physics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Principles of political economy
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Free Market Fairness
Rawlsian Justice and Workplace Republicanism
From Bondage to Contract
John Tomasi
Are economic liberties basic rights
Labor Republicanism and the Transformation of Work
A Critique of Political Economy
Sociology and Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |