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Historical Redress: Must We Pay for the Past?: Think Now

Autor Professor Richard Vernon
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iul 2012
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781441121318
ISBN-10: 1441121315
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Seria Think Now

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Addresses an issue at the heart of international politics and contemporary ethics.

Notă biografică

Richard Vernon is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Cuprins

Introduction \ 1. Does the Past Have Rights?\ 2. Who Benefits? \ 3. What Memory Calls For \ 4. Because We Are Who We Are \5. Back to the Future \ Conclusion \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index

Recenzii

'In Historical Redress: Must We Pay for the Past? Richard Vernon provides a thorough, critical and thought-provoking examination of the answers that philosophers have given to this question. His book both informs and engages non-specialist readers and challenges the present preoccupation with historical justice and memory.'

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Provides an introduction to philosophical implications of the surge of political and ethical interest in historical redress. This book addresses 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.