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The Politics of Communism

In: Libertarian Communism

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  • Ernesto Screpanti

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One condition for a good to become a social good is that the community recognizes a social need for it and establishes that everyone has a right to satisfy that need. Now the recognition of a right presupposes the emanation of a constitutional law that institutes at least a formal liberty.1 An amendment of a constitutional law may define a dimension of the citizens’ choice freedom. But it might happen that this freedom is only formal. For instance, the liberty to receive an education, as sanctioned by a constitution, does not enable all citizens to choose to study as they may wish, for education is costly. If the opportunity set of a person (given his income and the price of goods) is so narrow that he is prevented from being able to choose to study as he wishes, then this liberty is only formal for him. However if the constitution institutes the right to study, then it obliges the State to create the effective conditions to enable all citizens to receive an education.

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  • Ernesto Screpanti, 2007. "The Politics of Communism," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Libertarian Communism, chapter 6, pages 156-169, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59647-4_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230596474_6
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