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21Original Acquisition and Unilateralism: Kant, Hegel, and Corrective JusticeCanadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 25 (1): 119-136. 2012.Contemporary Kantians suggest that the original acquisition of property is problematic for Kant’s theory of private law. Kant requires that private law obligations be consistent with the equal freedom of everyone. However, a rule of original acquisition seems to favor the acquirer’s freedom over others’: the acquirer originally obtains property in an unowned object simply by taking control of it, and thus seems to impose obligations on everyone else through her own “unilateral” action or choice.…Read more
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12Property and Other WorriesJournal of Applied Philosophy 39 (2): 212-219. 2021.Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
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University of Toronto, St. George CampusGraduate student
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Meta-Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
Social and Political Philosophy |