Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Source Publication

Philosophy in the Contemporary World

Abstract

In this paper I explore the limitations of liberal political theory in relation to the notions of public property and public interest. I argue that the fundamentally atomistic and individualistic ontological foundations of the liberal tradition preclude any coherent notion of public goods and public interest.

Comments

Originally published in Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Volume 12, No. 2 (2005).