PHI 2183 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lockean Proviso, Tomato Juice
5 Feb 2014
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Locke on property: right-based argument all rights imply correlative duties on other than the right-holder not to infringe/violate/obstruct the relevant interest, appropriation in commons: mixing labor. Therefore, i own whatever i mix my labor with. I also own whatever is given to me consensually by a rightful owner (consensual transfer) Lockean proviso: must leave enough and as good for others: plausible arguable stems from effort-based claim. But other elements: need and improvement (utility) native americans. Objections to locke"s account on property acquired through labor: Mixing? (nozick) suppose you own a can of tomato juice. You pour your tomato juice into the ocean. Seems absurd to imply that if you mix something you own with something else, you necessarily own it.
