John Stuart Mill on justice in property

John Stuart Mill iktisadi düşünce tarihi içinde önemli yeri olan bir politik iktisatçı ve filozoftur. Etkili bir faydacı olmasının yanı sıra, Politik İktisadın İlkeleri politik iktisat alanında çeyrek yüzyıldan daha uzun bir süre hakimiyet kurmuştur. Faydacı bir filozof olarak, faydayı temel alan bir adalet anlayışının ahlakın en bağlayıcı ve kutsal parçası olduğuna ve uygun adalet ilkelerinin en iyi sonuçlara yönelen ilkeler olduğuna inanır. Aynı zamanda adalet bir bireyin yasal ve ahlaki hakkıdır. Eğer bu hak, bireyin kendi çabalan sonucu ortaya çıkmışsa ya da karşı taraftan adil bir anlaşma ile elde edilmişse, mülkiyet kurumunu oluşturur. Bu.:çahşmada Mill'in özel mülkiyet hakkındaki görüşleri, fayda ve adalet hakkındaki görüşleri ışığında ele alınmaktadır. Böylece, hem faydacı hem de sosyalizmden etkilenmiş bir klasik politik iktisatçı olan Mill'in adalet ve mülkiyet hakkındaki görüşleri biraraya getirilmiştir.

John Stuart Mill'de adalet ve mülkiyet

John Stuart Mill is one of the most influential philosophers and political economists within the history of economic thought. Besides being an avant-garde utilitarian, his Principles of Political Economy dominated the political economy domain for more than a quarter of a century. As a utilitarian, he believed that a concept of justice which is grounded in utility is the most sacred and binding part of morality, and that the proper principles of justice are those which tend to have the best consequences. Justice, at the same time, implies something that an individual can claim as his or her legal and moral right. If this right is an exclusive disposal by an individual of a product created by his or her own efforts, or of a good received by its producer by fair agreement, it constitutes the institution of property. In this paper, J.S. Mill's views regarding private property are elaborated in the light of his perceptions of utility and justice. This exploration will allow us to bring together the views on justice and property of a utilitarian on the one hand, and a classical economist influenced by socialism on the other.

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