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Hillel Steiner’s argument in this book is bold, imaginative and illuminating, despite being vitiated by some logical errors and a wholly impractical redistributive method.
Judith Jarvis Thomson and others contend that rights are pro-tanto rather than absolute, that is, that rights may permissibly be infringed in some circumstances. Alan Gewirth maintains that there are some rights that are absolute because... more
I present a diversity of theories of freedom which I compare and contrast. I begin with a brief summary of my own recently published theory, which I show to be superior to the other theories considered. I find that there are various... more
The permissibility of actions depends upon facts about the flourishing and separateness of persons. Persons differ from other creatures in having the task of discovering for themselves, by conjecture and refutation, what sort of life will... more
I argue that social-contract theory cannot succeed because reasonable people may always disagree, and that social-contract theory is irrelevant to the problem of the legitimacy of a form of government or of a system of moral rules. I note... more
Thomas Pogge's Global Resources Dividend relies on a flat tax on the use of natural resources to fund the eradication of world poverty. Hillel Steiner's Global Fund taxes the full rental value of owned natural resources and distributes... more
This essay is part of Ethics' 125th anniversary series of retrospective essays.
Proposals for resource taxes and associated transfers have played a very prominent role in contemporary debates about global justice, from Beitz's 'resource redistribution principle,' to Steiner's Global Fund, to Pogge's Global Resources... more
In this piece, Mario Ricciardi conducts an interview with Hillel Steiner centred around Steiner's prize winning book, An Essay on Rights. Steiner responds to questions on the development of his views, their practical implications and on... more
In contrast to eminent historical philosophers, almost all contemporary philosophers maintain that slavery is impermissible. In the enthusiasm of the Enlightenment a number of arguments gained currency which were intended to show that... more
Benjamin Ferguson (Ferguson 2013) recently proposed an account of exploitation that is based on Hillel Steiner's libertarian account of Exploitation (Steiner 1984, 1987). In this paper, I argue that Ferguson's account provides neither... more
This paper is a rejoinder to Thomas Pogge's and Hillel Steiner's replies to my earlier paper “Global Taxes on Natural Resources”, and summarizes my understanding of the outcome of our exchange. Regarding the tax base, I argue that we now... more
This is a short blog-post explaining some themes from my article, ‘The Possibility of Contractual Slavery,’ which was published by OUP in The Philosophical Quarterly. In the blog piece, and in more detail in the article, I criticise... more