Levando as liberdades econômicas a sério: um argumento liberal para limitar a desigualdade econômica

In this article, I refute the assumption that a thick conception of economic liberties, including the basic rights to productive property, necessarily entails a weakening commitment to distributive requirements. The aim of the article is precisely to defend the opposite thesis. If, on the one hand, we have valid arguments to endorse a thick conception of economic freedom that is necessary for the adequate development and exercise of the “moral powers” of democratic citizenship, on the other hand, the same reason compels us to condemn excessive economic inequalities, in order to guarantee the fair value of political as well as economic liberties