The myth of ownership : taxes and justice
Taking as a guiding principle the conventional nature of private property, Murphy and Nagel show how taxes can only be evaluated as part of the overall system of property rights that they help to create. Justice or injustice in taxation, they argue, can only mean justice or injustice in the system o...
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| Summary: | Taking as a guiding principle the conventional nature of private property, Murphy and Nagel show how taxes can only be evaluated as part of the overall system of property rights that they help to create. Justice or injustice in taxation, they argue, can only mean justice or injustice in the system of property rights and entitlements that result from a particular regime. Taking up ethical issues about individual liberty, interpersonal obligation, and both collective and personal responsibility, Murphy and Nagel force us to reconsider how our tax policy shapes our system of property rights. [publisher web site]. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 228 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| ISBN: | 0195150163 9780195150162 0195176561 9780195176568 0195303156 9780195303155 |
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HJ2322.A3 M87 2002 |
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| HJ2322.A3 M87 2002 | Available Place a Hold |