Freedom from Past Injustices : a Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations.
Perez, Nahshon.
Freedom from Past Injustices : a Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (201 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Analytical Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Laying the Groundwork; Chapter 2 Non-identity and Redressing Historical Injustices; Chapter 3 Against Redress (1): The Individualistic Perspective; Chapter 4 Against Redress (2): Thinking about Collectivities, States, and Nations; Chapter 5 Intergenerational Redress and Forward-looking Considerations, and the Remaining Case for Redressing Past Wrongs; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Should contemporary citizens provide material redress to right past wrongs? There is a widespread belief that contemporary citizens should take responsibility for rectifying past wrongs. Nahshon Perez challenges this view, questioning attempts to aggregate dead wrongdoers with living people, and examining ideas of intergenerational collective responsibility with great suspicion. He distinguishes sharply between those who are indeed unjustly enriched by past wrongs, and those who are not. Looking at issues such as the distinction between compensation and restitution, counterfactuals and the non-identity problem, Perez concludes that individuals have the right to a clean slate, and that almost all of the pro-intergenerational redress arguments are unconvincing. Key Features: Unique in claiming past wrongs should not be rectified Analyses pro-intergenerational material redress arguments Case studies include court cases from Australia, Northern Cyprus, the United States and Austria
9780748649648 0748649646 (hardback) (hardback) (e-pub.) (e-pub.) (Amazon e-bk.) (Amazon e-bk.)
22573/ctt342xsh JSTOR
2012551960
GBB698351 bnb GBC154046 bnb
017740241 Uk 016143897 Uk 020078808 Uk
Reparations for historical injustices.
Social justice.
Social Justice
Réparations des crimes de l'histoire.
Justice sociale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Violence in Society.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Social justice.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
KZ6785 .P47 2012
320
Freedom from Past Injustices : a Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (201 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Analytical Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Laying the Groundwork; Chapter 2 Non-identity and Redressing Historical Injustices; Chapter 3 Against Redress (1): The Individualistic Perspective; Chapter 4 Against Redress (2): Thinking about Collectivities, States, and Nations; Chapter 5 Intergenerational Redress and Forward-looking Considerations, and the Remaining Case for Redressing Past Wrongs; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Should contemporary citizens provide material redress to right past wrongs? There is a widespread belief that contemporary citizens should take responsibility for rectifying past wrongs. Nahshon Perez challenges this view, questioning attempts to aggregate dead wrongdoers with living people, and examining ideas of intergenerational collective responsibility with great suspicion. He distinguishes sharply between those who are indeed unjustly enriched by past wrongs, and those who are not. Looking at issues such as the distinction between compensation and restitution, counterfactuals and the non-identity problem, Perez concludes that individuals have the right to a clean slate, and that almost all of the pro-intergenerational redress arguments are unconvincing. Key Features: Unique in claiming past wrongs should not be rectified Analyses pro-intergenerational material redress arguments Case studies include court cases from Australia, Northern Cyprus, the United States and Austria
9780748649648 0748649646 (hardback) (hardback) (e-pub.) (e-pub.) (Amazon e-bk.) (Amazon e-bk.)
22573/ctt342xsh JSTOR
2012551960
GBB698351 bnb GBC154046 bnb
017740241 Uk 016143897 Uk 020078808 Uk
Reparations for historical injustices.
Social justice.
Social Justice
Réparations des crimes de l'histoire.
Justice sociale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Violence in Society.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Social justice.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
KZ6785 .P47 2012
320