Download or read book Intellectual Property and Theories of Justice written by A. Gosseries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen philosophers, economists and legal scholars address the question 'Can intellectual property rights be fair?' What differentiates intellectual from real property? Should libertarians or Rawlsians defend IP rights? What's wrong with free-riding? How can incentives be taken into account by theories of justice?