Freedom from Past Injustices: A Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations

Nahshon Perez

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2012

Freedom from Past Injustices

A Critical Evaluation of Claims for Inter-Generational Reparations

Nahshon Perez

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748649648

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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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Analytical Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Laying the Groundwork Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 2 Non-identity and Redressing Historical Injustices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Chapter 3 Against Redress (1): The Individualistic Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 4 Against Redress (2): Thinking about Collectivities, States, and Nations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Chapter 5 Intergenerational Redress and Forward-looking Considerations, and the Remaining Case for Redressing Past Wrongs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: July 18, 2012
ISBN: 9780748649648