Freedom from past injustices : a critical evaluation of claims for intergenerational reparations /
Perez, Nahshon, 1973-
Freedom from past injustices : a critical evaluation of claims for intergenerational reparations / Nahshon Perez. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012. - xiv, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Laying the groundwork -- Non-identity and redressing historical injustices -- Against redress (1) : the individualistic perspective -- Against redress (2) : thinking about collectivities, states, and nations -- Intergenerational redress and forward-looking considerations, and the remaining case for redressing 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.
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2012551960
GBB278388 bnb
016143897 Uk 016143897
Reparations for historical injustices.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Social justice.
Responsibility.
Intergenerational relations.
KZ6785 / .P47 2012
Freedom from past injustices : a critical evaluation of claims for intergenerational reparations / Nahshon Perez. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012. - xiv, 186 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Laying the groundwork -- Non-identity and redressing historical injustices -- Against redress (1) : the individualistic perspective -- Against redress (2) : thinking about collectivities, states, and nations -- Intergenerational redress and forward-looking considerations, and the remaining case for redressing 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.
074864962X 9780748649624 9780748649648 0748649646 9780748649631 0748649638 9780748649716 0748649719
2012551960
GBB278388 bnb
016143897 Uk 016143897
Reparations for historical injustices.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Social justice.
Responsibility.
Intergenerational relations.
KZ6785 / .P47 2012