Libertarian Socialism: A Better Reconciliation Between Self-Ownership and Equality

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20565643

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20565585

This essay discusses libertarian socialism in the light of recent debate in moral and political philosophy. It proposes two principles–affirmed by the pioneers of nineteenth-century libertarianism–and reconstructs them on the basis of arguments that have figured prominently in the vibrant, non-socialist, left-libertarian debate. My purpose is to put forward, and try to defend, a socialist reconciliation between self-ownership and equality that works as an alternative to the left-libertarian reconciliation.