The Distributist Paradigm as Shown through Some Objections
In this paper I argue that distributism should be understood as part of a paradigm composed of other moral principles, such that living in accord with distributism requires and presupposes the practice of these moral principles. To support my argument, I use a criticism of distributism by Alexander...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2025, Volume: 99, Issue: 2, Pages: 197-214 |
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| Summary: | In this paper I argue that distributism should be understood as part of a paradigm composed of other moral principles, such that living in accord with distributism requires and presupposes the practice of these moral principles. To support my argument, I use a criticism of distributism by Alexander Salter in his recent book The Political Economy of Distributism: Property, Liberty, and the Common Good to illustrate the paradigmatic nature of the difference between the distributist paradigm and that of economic liberalism. I then consider some other objections to distributism from its contemporary critics, showing how these criticisms make use of assumptions within economic liberalism that are not shared by the distributist paradigm. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-8441 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American catholic philosophical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpq2025521316 |
