 On the other hand, it is surely important to keep in view the ‘big picture’ that a system of property presents (Singer 2000 and Purdy 2011). What overall model of community is generated by a given system of property rights and by the way they circulate in society? What kinds of inter-personal relations does a given system of property foster? What ethos of economic interaction does it give rise to: an obsession with efficiency, an ethic of competitiveness, or a shared concern for those who are less well-off? These questions are not distinct from questions about distribution, but they look at them in a different light, not just asking about their moral justification one by one.