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

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 exa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Perez, Nahshon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.