Josh Milburn

Loughborough University
  • Loughborough University
    Lecturer
Queen's University, Belfast
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
PhD, 2016
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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    The demandingness of Nozick’s ‘Lockean’ proviso
    European Journal of Political Theory 15 (3): 276-292. 2016.
    Interpreters of Robert Nozick’s political philosophy fall into two broad groups concerning his application of the ‘Lockean proviso’. Some read his argument in an undemanding way: individual instances of ownership which make people worse off than they would have been in a world without any ownership are unjust. Others read the argument in a demanding way: individual instances of ownership which make people worse off than they would have been in a world without that particular ownership are unjust…Read more
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    When considering the possibility of intervening in nature to aid suffering nonhuman animals, we can ask about moral philosophy, which concerns the actions of individuals, or about political philosophy, which concerns the apparatus of the state. My focus in this paper is on the latter, and, in particular, the proposal from Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka that nonhuman animals should be offered sovereignty rights over their territories. Such rights, among other things, seriously limit the occasion…Read more