TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Gregory S. TI - Property and human flourishing SN - 9780190860776 AV - K721.5 .A94 2018 U1 - 306.3201 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Oxford University Press KW - Right of property KW - Philosophy KW - Property KW - Obligations (Law) N1 - Previously issued in print: 2018; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Many people assume that what morally justifies private ownership of property is either individual freedom or social welfare, defined in terms of maximizing personal preference-satisfaction. This text offers an alternative way of understanding the moral underpinning of private ownership of property. Rather than identifying any single moral value, this work argues that human flourishing is property's moral foundation. It develops a theory that connects ownership and human flourishing with obligations UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190860745.001.0001 ER -