Renting Personal Goods

Wells, Katy

doi:10.5840/soctheorpract201912354

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“…For Rawls, the inclusion of the right to personal property is based on the importance of these goods in enabling citizens to exercise and develop their moral powers and is thus one of the social bases of self-respect. Wells (2016) has argued that on a Rawlsian account the right to personal property cannot be viewed as a right to privately own these goods, or to be eligible to do so. Rather, the right to personal property entails a more limited set of rights to rent or be eligible to rent certain kinds of goods, and need not involve ownership or eligibility to own.…”

Section: Personal and Private Propertymentioning

confidence: 99%

The material conditions of non-domination: Property, independence, and the means of production

Bryan

2021

European Journal of Political Theory

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While it is a point of agreement in contemporary republican political theory that property ownership is closely connected to freedom as non-domination, surprisingly little work has been done to elucidate the nature of this connection or the constraints on property regimes that might be required as a result. In this paper, I provide a systematic model of the boundaries within which republican property systems must sit and explore some of the wider implications that thinking of property in these terms may have for republicans. The boundaries I focus on relate to the distribution of property and the application of types of property claims over particular kinds of goods. I develop this model from those elements of non-domination most directly related to the operation of a property regime: (a) economic independence, (b) limiting material inequalities, and (c) the promotion of common goods. The limits that emerge from this analysis support intuitive judgments that animate much republican discussion of property distribution. My account diverges from much orthodox republican theory, though, in challenging the primacy of private property rights in the realization of economic independence. The value of property on republican terms can be realized without private ownership of the means of production.

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Section: Personal and Private Propertymentioning

confidence: 99%

The material conditions of non-domination: Property, independence, and the means of production

Bryan

2021

European Journal of Political Theory

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“…It is exactly in this regard where land leases, particularly in large-scale over longer periods, cannot provide certainty and are remarkably different from other tenancies. Renters, in contrast to owners, generally do not possess a right to significantly alter, consume or destroy the good (Wells, 2019). Yet using land involves alterations and in conventional agriculture, also the consumption of parts of the rented object (i.e.…”

Section: Lease Agreements and Obligationsmentioning

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40. Ethical issues involving long-term land leases: a soil sciences perspective

Timmermann

Félix

2019

Sustainable Governance and Management of Food Systems

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As populations grow and arable land becomes increasingly scarce, large-scale longterm land leases are signed at a growing rate. Countries and investors with large amounts of financial resources and a strong agricultural industry seek long-term land leases for agricultural exploitation or investment purposes. Leaders of financially poorer countries often advertise such deals as a fast way to attract foreign capital. Much has been said about the short-term social costs these types of leases involve, however, less has been said about the normative dimension of their long-term environmental impact. We therefore will focus on the likely impact such deals have for soil conservation, by (1) briefly introducing the basics of long-term leasing arrangements by comparing land leases to the renting of buildings, (2) explaining from a soil sciences perspective the difficulties in assessing the current value of an estate and in calculating the damages of soil erosion and degradation, and (3) show how difficult it is to incentivize the conservation of soil quality when one cannot sufficiently and cost-effectively valorize existing environmental capital and eventual future damages. Attempting to oblige tenants through contracts to invest in sustainable stewardship has limited potential when liability payments do not reflect true costs and are hard to enforce.

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Renting Personal Goods

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Cited by 2 publications

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The material conditions of non-domination: Property, independence, and the means of production

The material conditions of non-domination: Property, independence, and the means of production

40. Ethical issues involving long-term land leases: a soil sciences perspective

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