Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery
Horowitz rejects reparations for African Americans. We demonstrate that their heirs are entitled to the property illegitimately obtained by the slave owners. When we operate under the libertarian homesteading principle, the land should be redistributed back to the people who worked and tilled it fir...
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| description | Horowitz rejects reparations for African Americans. We demonstrate that their heirs are entitled to the property illegitimately obtained by the slave owners. When we operate under the libertarian homesteading principle, the land should be redistributed back to the people who worked and tilled it first. That is, the black slaves. Horowitz’s claims against reparations serve as a poor refutation towards the reparations argument. African Americans are entitled to the “40 acres and a mule” that was promised, yet never fulfilled. We rely upon libertarian theory to clearly understand the case for reparations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ba390adc399445068affa0b8a822a6092022-12-22T04:41:47ZengLibertas međunarodno sveučilišteMeđunarodne Studije1332-47562459-623X2022-01-01XXII2355710.46672/ms.22.2.2343Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for SlaveryJon-Paul Amos0Walter E. Block1Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana, USALoyola University New Orleans, Louisiana, USAHorowitz rejects reparations for African Americans. We demonstrate that their heirs are entitled to the property illegitimately obtained by the slave owners. When we operate under the libertarian homesteading principle, the land should be redistributed back to the people who worked and tilled it first. That is, the black slaves. Horowitz’s claims against reparations serve as a poor refutation towards the reparations argument. African Americans are entitled to the “40 acres and a mule” that was promised, yet never fulfilled. We rely upon libertarian theory to clearly understand the case for reparations.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/416288libertarianhomesteadingreparationsproperty rightsslavery |
| spellingShingle | Jon-Paul Amos Walter E. Block Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery Međunarodne Studije libertarian homesteading reparations property rights slavery |
| title | Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery |
| title_full | Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery |
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| title_short | Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery |
| title_sort | contra horowitz a case for reparations to blacks for slavery |
| topic | libertarian homesteading reparations property rights slavery |
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