La proprietà privata come problema: Locke e il libertarismo contemporaneo

This essay deals with the question whether the justification of private property, provided by John Locke through the labour-mixing argument, could be a fruitful route for philosophical investigation on distributive justice. Comparing Lockean theory to contemporary libertarianism. The author argues that a positive answer is possible only attributing a pivotal role to the so-called Lockean proviso. In this way, we shall conclude that just private acquisitions should be constrained by their leaving enough and as good for others, and this constraint is stronger than in Locke’s theory.