Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a comparative philosophical analysis of Melanesian communal land tenure and the 'Western' paradigm of private ownership. Inherent ideological tensions between Western development and communal ownership are highlighted while also drawing attention to conflict between principles of private ownership and environmental ethics.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contents: Melanesian and Western Culture and Their Corresponding Systems of Land Tenure Chapter 2 The Bougainville Crisis and the Hermeneutics of Distributive Justice Chapter 3 Legal Realities of Papua New Guinean and Fijian Communal Tenure Chapter 4 The "Legitimacy" of Different Customary "Ownership" Claims Chapter 5 Christianity and Western Attitudes Towards Property Chapter 6 John Locke and the Issues of Community Ownership Chapter 7 The German Enlightenment, Individual Freedom and the Issue of Community Chapter 8 Individual Acquisition and its Moral Justification Chapter 9 Environmental Ethics and the Issue of Individual versus Community Control of Holdings Chapter 10 Index
