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what is a property right |
a right that can be used against everyone and is defined independently of any person |
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what kind of right is a personal right |
only against specific people like a car |
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what is Jeremy Waldrons definition of property |
Property may be used to refer to any system of rules governing peoples access to and their use and control of things whether tangible or intangible, natural or manufactured |
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why do property rules exist |
to solve the problem of resource scarcity |
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what are abundant resources |
resources of which there is more than enough to satisfy the needs and wants of the community |
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what are scarce resources |
resources which are needed or wanted by the community, but are limited in availability |
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what is an example of abundance resources |
Sunshine |
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what is an example of a scarce resource |
books |
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what is jeremy waldrons idea of property |
a system of regulating relationships between people in relation to things |
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what are the 3 kind of property rules that jeremy waldron says there are |
1 common property 2 collective property 3 private property |
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what is common property |
resources thatre available to erryone (parks) |
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what is collective property |
collective decision making bodies like the government decides which group of people can use certain land such as military bases and state property |
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what is private property |
where the owner gets to decide who has access to the land and who doesnt and can act in their own interest if they so wish |
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what is Macphers take on property rules |
that common property rights are held by individuals because it guarantees to each individual that he will not be excluded from the use or benefit of smth |
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what is tragedy of the commons |
when no one has an incentive to use land sparingly because everybody is worried that others will come and use it up the solution to this is private ownership because land is used sustainably |
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problems private property can solve |
1 tragedy of the commons 2 quicker decision making on resource allocation 3 people can brings their dreams to life |
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what is Hume’s take on Waldrons question of why society backs an individual when his right to property is infringed when a homeless or sick person tries to live with him. Why is distribution of wealth so unfair |
Hume says we should be grateful that society is stable as it is with this system and that redistribution of property endangers this stability |
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what is Rousseaus idea on Waldrons idea on unfair distribution of property |
to change the way property is distributed there needs to be a collective want for it to be changed, not just a few who open up their homes |
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What is Locke’s idea on Waldrons unfair property distribution |
Everything was equal until we had money. It allows some ppl to be richer than others. Through accepting money in society, we also accept a disproportionate distribution of wealth |
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what does Locke’s theory of property being a natural right mean |
the right existed before the existence of laws and comes into existence before the existence of a state |
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why does Locke think we agreed to a governed state |
to preserve the right we have over our property |
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What’re Gray and Gray’s thoughts on property |
that we have limited form of sovereignty over our land and that land becomes a part of us |
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which MP said he was tired of the judiciary just constantly reversing the decisions of the government and whats the point |
David Blunkett |
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what does the French Declaration of the Rights of Man say |
the aim of all political association is to safeguard individuals rights to property |
