| Title: | Property |
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| Course Section Number: | PHI-319-02 |
| Department: | Philosophy |
| Description: | It's a familiar idea from political discourse that taxation involves the government taking our money. An extreme version of this idea finds expression in the polemic that "taxation is theft." Whether or not this idea is true, however, depends on whether property rights are creatures of custom or convention, or are in some sense natural. If property rights are the product of a set of laws or customs, of which the tax system is an important part, then it may seem like one can only own one's income after-tax. In this course, with the help of both classic and contemporary texts, we'll address head-on the question of whether property rights depend on convention. Along the way, we'll think through some questions of practical interest that arise acutely in the context of discussions of property rights' relation to social facts-questions concerning homelessness, gentrification, and whether each of us have a natural right to housing. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 24, 2022 |
| End Date: | December 17, 2022 |
| Meeting Information: |
09/08/2022-12/15/2022 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Malcolm X Institute, Room 213
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| Faculty: | Salomon, Aaron |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 15 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 7 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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