The Concept of Property in Rawls’s Property-Owning Democracy

Abstract: Understanding the relationship of democracy and property ownership is one of the most important tasks for contemporary political philosophy. In his concept of property-owning democracy John Rawls explores the thesis that property in productive means has an indirect effect on the formation of true or false beliefs and that unequal ownership of productive capital leads to distorted and deceived convictions. The basic aspect of Rawls’s conception can be captured by the claim that for securing the fair value of the political liberties a widespread dispersal of property in productive resources is required that minimizes the formation of delusions and therefore improves the conditions of deliberative democracy.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Concept of Property in Rawls’s Property-Owning Democracy ; volume:35 ; number:1 ; year:2013 ; pages:99-112 ; extent:14 ; Analyse & Kritik ; 35, Heft 1 (2013), 99-112 (gesamt 14)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Wesche, Tilo

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/auk-2013-0109
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171641115.397671106690
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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