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Historical Redress: Must We Pay for the Past?
Professor Richard Vernon
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Description for Historical Redress: Must We Pay for the Past?
Paperback. Must We Pay for What We Did?. Series: Think Now. 192 pages. 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. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight: 226.
This title provides an introduction to the philosophical implications of the recent surge of political and ethical interest in historical redress. Should the British Museum return the Elgin Marbles to Greece? Should settler societies in North America and Australasia compensate the aboriginal people 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 ... Read more
This title provides an introduction to the philosophical implications of the recent surge of political and ethical interest in historical redress. Should the British Museum return the Elgin Marbles to Greece? Should settler societies in North America and Australasia compensate the aboriginal people 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441121318
SKU
V9781441121318
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About Professor Richard Vernon
Richard Vernon is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His previous publications include Citizenship and Order: Studies in French Political Thought (University of Toronto Press, 1986), The Career of Toleration: John Locke, Jonas Proast, and After (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997), Political Morality: A Theory of Liberal Democracy (Continuum, 2001) and Cosmopolitan Regard: Political ... Read more
Reviews for Historical Redress: Must We Pay for the Past?
‘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.'
Janna Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University, ... Read more
Janna Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at La Trobe University, ... Read more