Transgenerational Compensation

Transgenerational Compensation

Many people believe that compensation is owed for the effects of certain wrongs that took place more than a generation ago--the slave trade, for example, and the appropriation of aboriginal lands. It is also widely believed that to compensate someone for a wrong is to make him as well off as he woul...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophy & public affairs 2005-03, Vol.33 (2), p.181-200
1. Verfasser: SHER, GEORGE
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Children
Compensation
Contrafactuals
Descendants
Descent
Intergenerational relationships
Intuition
Justice
Modal realism
Myocardial infarction
Ova
Philosophy
Philosophy of history. Social and political philosophy. Philosophy of law
Philosophy of law
Political philosophy
Political theory
Restitution
Spermatozoa
Victim compensation
Victims
Wellbeing
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Zusammenfassung:Many people believe that compensation is owed for the effects of certain wrongs that took place more than a generation ago--the slave trade, for example, and the appropriation of aboriginal lands. It is also widely believed that to compensate someone for a wrong is to make him as well off as he would be if it had not been done. Here, Sher discusses the fundamental challenges to the ideal of transgenerational compensatory justice.
ISSN:0048-3915
1088-4963
DOI:10.1111/j.1088-4963.2005.00029.x