When: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PMWhere: QMUL Graduate Centre, Room 601 Mile End Road London E1 4NS, Mile End Campus
TheoryLAB welcomes Dr David Jarrett to discuss his recent book Lockean Property Ethics and Restitution.
TheoryLAB welcomes Dr David Jarrett to discuss his recent book Lockean Property Ethics and Restitution, in which he argues that the influential Lockean thesis of justice in property, which traces back to John Locke, seems to require considerable egalitarian property redistribution. Where Lockeans argue that people justly own property gained through labour, transfer, or as compensation, Jarrett focuses on the problem of property which did not arise in line with Lockean justice. What do we do about property which derives from feudal and colonial conquest, for example? Drawing on a range of theoretical and historical sources, this book argues that the legal concept of restitution is the most reasonable way to address the problem. If we apply this concept, it appears that much property in the world is held unjustly and should be redistributed in an egalitarian manner.