Beati Possidentes? Kant on Inequality and Poverty

The paper starts from an expression used by Kant in the Doctrine of Right: Beati possidentes. It then discusses Kant’s arguments for justifying the possession of land by individuals and by political community. Its main hypothesis is the following: If we consider unacceptable the application of the B...

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Main Author: Alessandro Pinzani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2017-12-01
Series:Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/54269