Having Too Much: Philosophical Essays on Limitarianism - cover image

Copyright

Ingrid Robeyns

Published On

2023-07-06

ISBN

Paperback978-1-80064-966-8
Hardback978-1-80064-967-5
PDF978-1-80064-968-2
HTML978-1-80064-972-9
XML978-1-80064-971-2
EPUB978-1-80064-969-9

Language

  • English

Print Length

414 pages (x+404)

Dimensions

Paperback156 x 21 x 234 mm(6.14" x 0.83" x 9.21")
Hardback156 x 32 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.26" x 9.21")

Weight

Paperback582g (20.53oz)
Hardback763g (26.91oz)

Media

Illustrations4
Tables4

Funding

  • European Research Council
  • Project: ERC Consolidators Grant
  • Programme: European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme
  • Grant: 726153

OCLC Number

1390452292

LCCN

2022361494

THEMA

  • QD
  • QDTS
  • KCP
  • RND

BIC

  • HP
  • HPCF
  • HPS
  • KCA
  • RNA

BISAC

  • PHI000000
  • PHI019000
  • PHI034000
  • POL023000
  • POL044000

LCC

  • B105.L44

Keywords

  • limitarianism
  • material resources
  • economic limitarianism
  • ecological limitarianism
  • future generations
  • political thought
  • distributive justice
  • intergenerational justice

Having Too Much

Philosophical Essays on Limitarianism

Having Too Much is the first academic volume devoted to limitarianism: the idea that the use of economic or ecosystem resources should not exceed certain limits.

This concept has deep roots in economic and political thought. One can find similar statements of such limits in thinkers such as Plato, Aquinas, and Spinoza. But Having Too Much is the first time in contemporary political philosophy that limitarianism is explored at length and in detail.

Bringing together in one place the best writing from key theorists of limitarianism, this book is an essential contribution to political philosophy in general, and theories of distributive justice in particular. Including some of the key published articles as well as new chapters, Having Too Much is necessary reading for scholars and students of political theory and philosophy, as well as anyone interested in questions of distributive justice.

Endorsements

The collection of essays in this volume encompasses much of the top-tier literature on a novel view in political theory—limitarianism. Questions of whether imposing limits on wealth can be justified are discussed at length and from multiple perspectives, drawing on core approaches to justice, as well as democratic theory, the history of ideas, republicanism, and environmental policies. The book is a valuable resource for academics working on political theory or related fields, and for a non-specialist audience interested in the phenomenon and problems associated with wealth concentration.

Alexandru Volacu

University of Bucharest

Additional Resources

[book]Tener Demasiado: Ensayos Filosóficos sobre el Limitarismo

Spanish Edition

Contributors

Ingrid Robeyns

(editor)
Chair in Ethics of Institutions at the Ethics Institute at Utrecht University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2893-1814

Ingrid Robeyns holds the chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University. She received her PhD dissertation from Cambridge University in 2003 and has since been publishing widely on questions of distributive justice, inequalities, applied ethics, and methodological considerations. She served as the first Director of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy, as the former director of Utrecht University’s Ethics Institute, and as the eighth president of the Human Development and Capability Association. She has co-edited two edited volumes and three special journal issues, and has previously published the book Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice (2017, https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0130) with Open Book Publishers. She currently has a contract with Allen Lane (UK) and Astra House (USA) for a trade book on limitarianism (with translation rights sold to seven other publishers), which is scheduled to appear in the winter of 2023–2024.