What you'll learn
- Students will learn the source of property
- Students will learn the nature and meaning of rights
- Students will learn about common misconceptions about rights
- Students will learn how property rights can be violated
- Students will learn how property rights can resolve social conflicts
Requirements
- Students should have a desire to understand the ideas that support property rights and a desire to better defend the right to property.
- Students should be prepared to spend time thinking about and applying the ideas discussed.
Description
Property rights have long been a part of America’s political heritage. Indeed, the Founding Fathers wrote extensively on the importance of protecting property rights. But property rights are under attack in America today. Part of the reason for the success of these attacks is imprecise or fuzzy thinking. Even many advocates of property rights are unable to clearly define the concept, and thus, they are unable to provide a consistent and principled defense.
In this course, we will examine the principles that underlie property rights, as well as the principles underlying attacks on property rights. Only by understanding these principles can we clearly defend property rights and refute the claims of their enemies.
Who this course is for:
- Business owners harmed by regulations
- Property owners restricted by land-use regulations
- Organizations involved in defending property rights
Course content
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Instructor
![Brian Phillips](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.3 Instructor Rating
- 4 Reviews
- 45 Students
- 1 Course
Brian Phillips has been actively defending property rights for more than thirty years. He helped lead successful efforts to defeat zoning ordinances in Houston, Texas, and Hobbs, New Mexico. He is the founder of the Texas Institute for Property Rights His writing on property rights has appeared in dozens of publications, including Reason, The Freeman, Capitalism Magazine, and The Objective Standard. Brian is the author of Individual Rights and Government Wrongs, The Innovator Versus the Collective, and Principles and Property Rights (to be published in 2018).