ABSTRACT: G. A. Cohen has produced an influential criticism o f libertarian-isrir that posits joi... more ABSTRACT: G. A. Cohen has produced an influential criticism o f libertarian-isrir that posits joint ownershk o f everydiing in the world other than labov, with each joint owner having a veto r&$t over any potential use of the world. According to Cohen, in that world rationality would require that wealth be di-vided equally, with no d@erential accorded to talent, abilitn or eJort. A closer examination shows flint Colterr’s argument rests on two central errors of rea-soning and does not support his egalhrian conclusions, even granting his as-sumption of joint ownership. That assumption was rejected by Locke, Pufendotf and other writers on property f o r reasons thnt Cohen does not rebut. In a number of articles, G. A. Cohen has set out an intricate set of ar-guments rebutting attempts to derive property claims in alienable ob-jects (“world ownership”) and non-patterned distributions of income (“capitalist inequality”) from property claims in one’s person (“self-ownership”). ’ As Cohen...
Recent years have seen a marked retreat from cosmopolitan liberalism in moral and political theor... more Recent years have seen a marked retreat from cosmopolitan liberalism in moral and political theory. What is remarkable is that that retreat has been carried out under the banner of liberalism. Many modern “liberals ” (in contrast to “classical ” liberals) have taken as their touchstone adherence to the redistributive welfare state. The obligations and benefits allocated by welfare states are normally limited to particular groups of subjects or citizens; they are not universal. John Rawls has prepared the field for much of that retreat. In his books and various articles Rawls has combined powerful sources of legitimacy for institutions and practices—mutual advantage, fairness, and agreement—into one account: justice as fairness. When he stipulates that the principles of a just society “are those a person would choose for the design of a society in which his enemy is to assign him his place, ” Rawls builds in a highly illiberal premise into his theory of justice by foreclosing the exi...
Justice and Its Surroundings. by Tom G. Palmer Anthony de Jasay Indianapolis, Ind.: Liberty Fund,... more Justice and Its Surroundings. by Tom G. Palmer Anthony de Jasay Indianapolis, Ind.: Liberty Fund, 2002, 351 pp. Justice and Its Surroundings is a brilliant work. It is also at times a difficult and a challenging work; the argument sometimes req.
Many critics of increasing freedom of trade and of movement, and the phenomena of cosmopolitanism... more Many critics of increasing freedom of trade and of movement, and the phenomena of cosmopolitanism and globalization that result from such freedom, insist that the consequence of greater trade and movement is a net loss of identity. Globalization is, they allege, destructive of personal identity itself, which they see as reliant on sharply delineated differences among cultures. This paper sets out the anti-globalist critique and then shows that cosmopolitanism and globalization are hardly new phenomena, but have deep roots in European civilization. The threat allegedly posed by globalization to personal identity is described and the arguments of its main proponents given, followed by a critique of the theory of personal identity implicit in the argument and an alternative theory of personal identity (a "focal theory") is described; that theory is both truer to lived human experience and fully compatible with the securing of personal identity in the context of an increasingly globalized world of free individuals.
ploding the libertarian position'' (1995, Is), but his failed effort does draw our attention prof... more ploding the libertarian position'' (1995, Is), but his failed effort does draw our attention profitably to such matters as the role of expectations in determining bargaining outcomes, the limitations of purely laypothetical models for moral and political theory, and the importance of the history of fegal and political institutions and of the history of moral, legal, and political thought. In his attack on property, Cohen conjoins the unjustified and untenable assumption of initial communism with fauIry reasoning and an argument so convoluted that he becomes entangled in his own scenarios and confuses them, to the destruction of his enterprise.
Introdução 1.1. Enquadramento do projecto de investigação Em pesquisas anteriores, procurámos mos... more Introdução 1.1. Enquadramento do projecto de investigação Em pesquisas anteriores, procurámos mostrar que (i) as representações identitárias possuem uma estrutura multidimensional, cujos níveis (pessoal, bio-cultural, sócio-histórico / político, ideal, «moral», etc.) estão inter-relacionados, e formam um sistema identitário pessoal, se bem que partilhado, em proporções variáveis, com os outros emissores identitários inseridos na mesma categoria sócio-histórica; (ii) sistema identitário esse detentor de potencialidades estratégicas (Kastersztein, 1990)-ideológicas, simbólicas e fantasmáticas-, derivadas da articulação inconsciente entre os diferentes níveis mobilizados. Tentámos evidenciar ainda, no nível mais abrangente das representações identitárias dos grupos sócio-históricos, (iii) como o grau de sobreposição e convergência das atribuições identitárias, tanto ao grupo.de identificação como aos grupos de comparação interactiva, é parcial, indiciando estratégias de maior ou menor distanciação / aproximação identitária inter-nacional ou inter-étnica; (iv) e como, no seu conjunto, as representações identitárias apresentam uma lógica e uma economia retórica, tendencio
ABSTRACT: G. A. Cohen has produced an influential criticism o f libertarian-isrir that posits joi... more ABSTRACT: G. A. Cohen has produced an influential criticism o f libertarian-isrir that posits joint ownershk o f everydiing in the world other than labov, with each joint owner having a veto r&$t over any potential use of the world. According to Cohen, in that world rationality would require that wealth be di-vided equally, with no d@erential accorded to talent, abilitn or eJort. A closer examination shows flint Colterr’s argument rests on two central errors of rea-soning and does not support his egalhrian conclusions, even granting his as-sumption of joint ownership. That assumption was rejected by Locke, Pufendotf and other writers on property f o r reasons thnt Cohen does not rebut. In a number of articles, G. A. Cohen has set out an intricate set of ar-guments rebutting attempts to derive property claims in alienable ob-jects (“world ownership”) and non-patterned distributions of income (“capitalist inequality”) from property claims in one’s person (“self-ownership”). ’ As Cohen...
Recent years have seen a marked retreat from cosmopolitan liberalism in moral and political theor... more Recent years have seen a marked retreat from cosmopolitan liberalism in moral and political theory. What is remarkable is that that retreat has been carried out under the banner of liberalism. Many modern “liberals ” (in contrast to “classical ” liberals) have taken as their touchstone adherence to the redistributive welfare state. The obligations and benefits allocated by welfare states are normally limited to particular groups of subjects or citizens; they are not universal. John Rawls has prepared the field for much of that retreat. In his books and various articles Rawls has combined powerful sources of legitimacy for institutions and practices—mutual advantage, fairness, and agreement—into one account: justice as fairness. When he stipulates that the principles of a just society “are those a person would choose for the design of a society in which his enemy is to assign him his place, ” Rawls builds in a highly illiberal premise into his theory of justice by foreclosing the exi...
Justice and Its Surroundings. by Tom G. Palmer Anthony de Jasay Indianapolis, Ind.: Liberty Fund,... more Justice and Its Surroundings. by Tom G. Palmer Anthony de Jasay Indianapolis, Ind.: Liberty Fund, 2002, 351 pp. Justice and Its Surroundings is a brilliant work. It is also at times a difficult and a challenging work; the argument sometimes req.
Many critics of increasing freedom of trade and of movement, and the phenomena of cosmopolitanism... more Many critics of increasing freedom of trade and of movement, and the phenomena of cosmopolitanism and globalization that result from such freedom, insist that the consequence of greater trade and movement is a net loss of identity. Globalization is, they allege, destructive of personal identity itself, which they see as reliant on sharply delineated differences among cultures. This paper sets out the anti-globalist critique and then shows that cosmopolitanism and globalization are hardly new phenomena, but have deep roots in European civilization. The threat allegedly posed by globalization to personal identity is described and the arguments of its main proponents given, followed by a critique of the theory of personal identity implicit in the argument and an alternative theory of personal identity (a "focal theory") is described; that theory is both truer to lived human experience and fully compatible with the securing of personal identity in the context of an increasingly globalized world of free individuals.
ploding the libertarian position'' (1995, Is), but his failed effort does draw our attention prof... more ploding the libertarian position'' (1995, Is), but his failed effort does draw our attention profitably to such matters as the role of expectations in determining bargaining outcomes, the limitations of purely laypothetical models for moral and political theory, and the importance of the history of fegal and political institutions and of the history of moral, legal, and political thought. In his attack on property, Cohen conjoins the unjustified and untenable assumption of initial communism with fauIry reasoning and an argument so convoluted that he becomes entangled in his own scenarios and confuses them, to the destruction of his enterprise.
Introdução 1.1. Enquadramento do projecto de investigação Em pesquisas anteriores, procurámos mos... more Introdução 1.1. Enquadramento do projecto de investigação Em pesquisas anteriores, procurámos mostrar que (i) as representações identitárias possuem uma estrutura multidimensional, cujos níveis (pessoal, bio-cultural, sócio-histórico / político, ideal, «moral», etc.) estão inter-relacionados, e formam um sistema identitário pessoal, se bem que partilhado, em proporções variáveis, com os outros emissores identitários inseridos na mesma categoria sócio-histórica; (ii) sistema identitário esse detentor de potencialidades estratégicas (Kastersztein, 1990)-ideológicas, simbólicas e fantasmáticas-, derivadas da articulação inconsciente entre os diferentes níveis mobilizados. Tentámos evidenciar ainda, no nível mais abrangente das representações identitárias dos grupos sócio-históricos, (iii) como o grau de sobreposição e convergência das atribuições identitárias, tanto ao grupo.de identificação como aos grupos de comparação interactiva, é parcial, indiciando estratégias de maior ou menor distanciação / aproximação identitária inter-nacional ou inter-étnica; (iv) e como, no seu conjunto, as representações identitárias apresentam uma lógica e uma economia retórica, tendencio
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