PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nonperson, Japanese Canadians, Derek Parfit
16 Oct 2016
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Reparation: any form of payment for an injustice, act of repairing a wrong. Recent reparations to group: indigenous people in canada, japanese canadians, chinese canadians, black americans, jews who lived in germany to and during wwii. Perez: must we provide material redress for past wrongs. Thesis: nearly implausible that there are convincing claims for redress following past wrongs. Def past wrongs: past wrongs are cases of substantial past injustice in which all the wrongdoers and victims have since died. Two kinds of reparations perez distinguishes: there may be some justified claims for restitution . Restitution: giving back to a person the tangible assets acquired through unjust enrichment (ex. Stolen painting, family heirlooms: claims for compensation is never justified. Bringing the victim to a level that s/he would have enjoyed had the wrong not occurred; making the victim whole again. Compensation must take stock of full impact of the loss or damage to some victims.
