Chapter Lavoro e appropriazione in John Locke
The theory of labour that the British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) put forward in the second of the Two Treatises of Government is grounded in the idea that property is legitimated by labour. Although every person belongs to God, Locke says, they possess the fruits of their labour, because if...
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| description | The theory of labour that the British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) put forward in the second of the Two Treatises of Government is grounded in the idea that property is legitimated by labour. Although every person belongs to God, Locke says, they possess the fruits of their labour, because if they mix their labour with some resource that was commonly and freely available, or expend their labour generally, then they extend some part of themselves to the final product and therefore it should be theirs. Like freedom and life, individual property is a natural right, to Locke; however, appropriation may be subject to certain restrictions in order to ensure that it does not entrench upon the rights of other people. The limits that Locke imposes on the acquisition of property have been largely debated, because they seem to legitimate capital accumulation. Moreover, his theory of labour seems to lead to the convenient conclusion that the labor of Native Americans generated property rights only over the animals they caught, not over the land on which they hunted, which Locke regarded as vacant and therefore available for the taking. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1504922025-07-21T15:44:11Z Chapter Lavoro e appropriazione in John Locke DI BIASE, Giuliana labour appropriation capital accumulation subordinate labour American colonies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history The theory of labour that the British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) put forward in the second of the Two Treatises of Government is grounded in the idea that property is legitimated by labour. Although every person belongs to God, Locke says, they possess the fruits of their labour, because if they mix their labour with some resource that was commonly and freely available, or expend their labour generally, then they extend some part of themselves to the final product and therefore it should be theirs. Like freedom and life, individual property is a natural right, to Locke; however, appropriation may be subject to certain restrictions in order to ensure that it does not entrench upon the rights of other people. The limits that Locke imposes on the acquisition of property have been largely debated, because they seem to legitimate capital accumulation. Moreover, his theory of labour seems to lead to the convenient conclusion that the labor of Native Americans generated property rights only over the animals they caught, not over the land on which they hunted, which Locke regarded as vacant and therefore available for the taking. 2025-01-26T09:37:21Z 2025-01-26T09:37:21Z 2024-12-20T12:32:38Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221503197_148 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96353 9791221503197 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150492 ita Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96353/1/40992.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.58 10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.58 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221503197 7 Florence open access |
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