On the necessity of a pluralist theory of reparations for historical injustice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10344299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Lambrecht (0000-0002-9883-274X, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 978-998 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqae058 |
| OpenAlex | W4399102349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
Philosophers have offered many arguments to explain why historical injustices require reparations. This paper raises an unnoticed challenge for almost all of them. Most theories of reparations attempt to meet two intuitions: (1) reparations are owed for a past wrong and (2) the content of reparations must reflect the historical injustice. I argue that necessarily no monistic theory can meet both intuitions. I do this by showing that any theory that can meet intuition (1) necessarily cannot also meet intuition (2). This result suggests that a theory of reparations must either sacrifice one of the two intuitions or be pluralist. I argue that we ought to prefer the pluralist theory over the monistic theory. I sketch the pluralist theory, and I defend it by considering an objection about the way it can resolve conflicts
Epistemology · Injustice · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Justice as Fairness
Injustice and the Reproduction of History
Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics
Historical Injustice and Reparation
National Responsibility and Global Justice
Reparations for the Future
Enduring Injustice
Superseding Historic Injustice
What Structural Injustice Theory Leaves Out
Pluralism, Structural Injustice, and Reparations for Historical Injustice
Dimensions of value
Reconsidering Reparations
David Miller's theory of redress and the complexity of colonial injustice
Responsibility for Past Injustice
Transgenerational Compensation
Backward-looking reparations and structural injustice
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |