Wallace McNeish
Contracting the right to roam.
McNeish, Wallace; Olivier, Steve
Authors
Steve Olivier
Contributors
Karl Spracklen
Editor
Brett Lashua
Editor
Erin Sharpe
Editor
Spencer Swain
Editor
Abstract
In recent decades, the emergence of environmental ethics has added extra dimensions of complexity to the leisure political terrain upon which the right to roam is contested. In this chapter, two very different but influential versions of the social contract will be juxtaposed to bring the key arguments into high relief. On the one hand, Hardin's eco-Hobbesian Tragedy of the Commons (1968/2000) thesis, and on the other, Rawls' Kant-inspired A Theory of Justice (1971). It will be argued that Hardin's pessimistic, exclusionary and potentially authoritarian conclusions are incompatible with the allocation of rights and duties in liberal democratic societies. Hardin should therefore be rejected in favour of an interpretative development of Rawls which designates the right to roam as a primary social good that is compatible with a conception of justice as sustainable fairness - an ideal which can be used to inform an inclusive environmentally sensitive leisure citizenship.
Citation
MCNEISH, W. and OLIVIER, S. 2017. Contracting the right to roam. In Spracklen, K., Lashua, B., Sharpe, E. and Swain, S. (eds.) The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory. London: Palgrave Macmillan [online], pages 289-307. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56479-5_16
Online Publication Date | Apr 19, 2017 |
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Publication Date | Dec 31, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 17, 2022 |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 289-307 |
Book Title | The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory |
ISBN | 9781137564788 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56479-5_16 |
Keywords | Roaming; Hiking; Politics and leisure; Environmental ethics; Ethics and leisure; Social contract theory |
Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1579530 |
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