Historical Redress Historical Redress
Think Now

Historical Redress

Must We Pay for the Past?

    • 289,00 kr
    • 289,00 kr

Utgivarens beskrivning

Should the British Museum return the Elgin Marbles to Greece? Should settler societies in North America and Australasia compensate the aboriginal peoples whom they dispossessed? Should Israel have accepted Germany's compensation for Nazi extermination policies?



The last twenty years have seen a remarkable surge of political and ethical interest in historical redress - that is, the righting of old wrongs. In this fascinating book, Richard Vernon argues that whatever the kind of redress that's at issue, and whether the wrong is large or small, an important philosophical issue arises. Exploring recent and high profile cases, Vernon focuses on the issue of responsibility. Responsibility isn't something inherited, like property or one's DNA. How, then, can it fall to one generation to make good the wrongs done by another? The book addresses all the main issues and arguments relating to justice, memory, apology and citizenship, and concludes by arguing for a forward-looking approach that focuses on the right of future generations to live just lives.

GENRE
Faktaböcker
UTGIVEN
2012
19 juli
SPRÅK
EN
Engelska
LÄNGD
184
Sidor
UTGIVARE
Continuum
STORLEK
610,2
KB

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