Contents 
Acknowledgments 
Fy 
Introduction 
The need for a new theory 
Foundations for a new theory 
Private property and property rights per se 
Scarcity 
Property Rights 
Rights 
Property rights 
Justification 
The Argument from First Occupancy 
A priori restrictions on first occupancy claims 
Arguments for first occupancy 
Conclusion 
The Labor Theory of Property Acquisition 
The root idea 
Locke’s theory 
Criticism of Locke’s theory 
Entitlement reconsidered 
Deserving to own: reformulating the labor theory 
Arguments from Utility 
The traditional arguments 
Analysis of the traditional arguments 
The economic arguments 
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