Ulpian, Natural law and Stoic influence

Honoré, Tony

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“…Leibniz also mentions a few specific criticisms, so it is clear that he did read at least parts of the work. 30 For helpful discussions of the influence of Stoic ethics on the Roman legal system, see Honoré (2010) and Mitsis (1999). Stoicism is also a likely influence on Leibniz's understanding of natural law, in addition to the writings of later natural law theorists.…”

Section: Layer 1: Slavery As Against the Nature Of Thingsmentioning

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Leibniz on Slavery and the Ownership of Human Beings

Joráti

2019

Journal of Modern Philosophy

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Leibniz puts forward an intriguing argument against the moral permissibility of chattel slavery in a text from 1703. This argument has three independent layers or sub-arguments. The first is that slavery violates natural rights. The second is that moral laws such as the principles of equity and piety oppose slavery, or at least severely limit the permissible actions toward slaves. The third and final layer is that slavery can at most be justified if the slave is permanently incapable of conducting herself well. Yet, it is very doubtful that any actual human beings satisfy that description. This paper analyzes and evaluates Leibniz's argument, which scholars have so far largely neglected. Even though some elements of the argument are not original to Leibniz, it is of considerable importance for the scholarship of early modern philosophy: it sheds light on Leibniz's views not only on the moral status of slavery itself, but also on moral rights and obligations more generally.

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Section: Layer 1: Slavery As Against the Nature Of Thingsmentioning

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Leibniz on Slavery and the Ownership of Human Beings

Joráti

2019

Journal of Modern Philosophy

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“… 164 Gabba 1962; Ruiz Urbano 1982: 354–8; Lavan 2021: 218–39; Ulpian's Stoicism: Honoré 2002: 32–3, 84 and 2010; cf. Ulpian, Dig.…”

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Taxing Wealth in the Just City: Cicero and the Roman Census

Monson

2023

J. Rom. Stud.

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Cicero claims that states were created for the protection of property, so a statesman should try to avoid levying property taxes. A contrary principle holds that, as long as the state is common to all, those who benefit from it most should compensate those who benefit least to maintain distributive justice. With this frame of reference, the article asks two related questions. First, to what extent does Cicero differ from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Livy, and the Stoics, who describe compensation or common ownership as a principle of fiscal fairness? Second, how does Cicero's political theory reflect the misgivings of wealthy Romans about state power and redistribution in the absence of compensatory taxation from 167 to 43 b.c.e.? I argue that his interpretation of the Servian census entrenches the ‘pre-fiscal’ distribution of property in the Roman constitution, which compromises the impartiality of the state and weakens its ability to respond to fiscal crises.

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Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture

Netz¹

2020

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Ulpian, Natural law and Stoic influence

Cited by 13 publications

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Leibniz on Slavery and the Ownership of Human Beings

Leibniz on Slavery and the Ownership of Human Beings

Taxing Wealth in the Just City: Cicero and the Roman Census

Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture

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