Liberty, Equality, and the Boundaries of Ownership
Thomas Paine's Theory of Property Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ramdas Lamb (0000-0001-5786-6006, corresponding author), Robert Lamb |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 483-511 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670510000331 |
| OpenAlex | W2118101265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
Thomas Paine is customarily regarded as a pamphleteer, rhetorician, and polemicist rather than a significant political theorist. This article takes the philosophical content of Paine's thought seriously and argues that his account of property rights constitutes a distinct contribution to theoretical debates on the subject. Drawing on Paine'sAgrarian Justiceand other writings, this article shows that his theory of property defends a libertarian concern with private ownership that contains within its logic an egalitarian commitment to the redistribution of resources. Paine's justification of property is distinct from that of various other important figures in the history of ideas (including Grotius, Pufendorf, and Locke) and represents his simultaneous commitment to foundational liberal values of individual freedom and moral equality
Classical liberalism · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Private property · Property (philosophy · Property rights · Sociology · Subject (documents · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |