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Many people assume that what morally justifies private ownership of property is either individual freedom or social welfare, defined in terms of maximizing personal preference-satisfaction. This text offers an alternative way of understanding the moral underpinning of private ownership of property. Rather than identifying any single moral value, this work argues that human flourishing is property's moral foundation. It develops a theory that connects ownership and human flourishing with obligations.

Right of property --- Property. --- Obligations (Law) --- Philosophy. --- Personal obligations (Law) --- Civil law --- Promise (Law) --- Property --- Economics --- Possession (Law) --- Things (Law) --- Wealth --- Ownership of property --- Private ownership of property, Right of --- Private property, Right of --- Property, Right of --- Property rights --- Right of private ownership of property --- Right of private property --- Right to property --- Civil rights --- Law and legislation --- Dret de propietat --- Propietat --- Obligacions (Dret) --- Dret d'obligacions --- Dret civil --- Actes il·lícits --- Contractes --- Danys i perjudicis --- Deutor i creditor --- Obligacions naturals --- Obligacions solidàries --- Responsabilitat civil --- Cas fortuït (Dret civil) --- Promesa (Dret) --- Béns --- Accions pròpies --- Adquisició de la propietat --- Béns eclesiàstics --- Béns immaterials --- Condomini --- Domini públic --- Aprofitament per torns (Béns immobles) --- Propietat privada --- Reserva de domini --- Transmissió de béns --- Usdefruit --- Capitalisme --- Coses (Dret) --- Possessió (Dret) --- Reivindicació (Dret) --- Dret a la propietat privada --- Propietat de béns --- Règim de la propietat --- Costos de transacció --- Domini directe --- Primitive property