Private Property and Public Interest

Authors

Michael Monahan, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

5 p.

Publication Date

Summer 2005

Publisher

Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World

Source Publication

Philosophy in the Contemporary World

Source ISSN

1077-1999

Original Item ID

doi: 10.5840/pcw200512216

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

Published version. Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Vol.12, No. 2 (2005): 17-21. DOI. © 2005 Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Monahan, Michael, "Private Property and Public Interest" (2005). Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications. 40.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/40