http://www.fespinal.com/espinal/llib/en130.pdf
The right to private property, as it is exercised and legally codified in our society, is a scandal from the point of view of moral reasoning and the Christian faith: that someone can own unlimited resources, without serious moral or legal objections, when a large part of the world's population lacks the basic necessities of life, is a fact which reflects the "criminal dialectic" governing our world. As serious as the situation is, the ideological legitimization which claims it is "normal", even "reasonable", is equally flawed. How is it possible that for centuries the right to private property has been considered a natural and sacred right to which all other human rights are subordinate, and on which all others depend, however fundamental they might be? This booklet seeks to explain the tortuous ideological construct which lies behind the "naturalization" and "sacralization" of the bourgeois right to private property - Demetrio Velasco Criado Demetrio Velasco Criado is Full Professor in Political Thought of Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao), and a member of Iglesia Viva and Justicia y Paz. http://www.fespinal.com/indexEN.htm
