Canadian political philosopher who applied the methods of analytic philosophy to Marxism and later developed a stringent egalitarian critique of Rawlsian liberalism.
Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence — using analytic philosophy to defend the materialist conception of history. Critique of Nozick's entitlement theory. Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality: critique of libertarianism. Why Not Socialism?: a short defence of egalitarian ethos as a basis for justice. The camping trip argument: camping trips operate on socialist principles — the task is to explain why the whole economy shouldn't.
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