Thursday, January 27th, 2022 Reconsidering Reparations

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, January 27, 20224:10PM - 6:00PMOnline Event, Online Event

Series

Harney Lecture Series

Description

Most theorizing about reparations treats it as a social justice project – either rooted in reconciliatory justice focused on making amends in the present; or, they focus on the past, emphasizing restitution for historical wrongs. I will argue that neither approach is optimal, and advance a different case for reparations rooted in distributive justice, which I refer to as the “constructive” view of reparations. I’ll also present some of what I take to be the political and policy implications of this view.


Speakers

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Speaker
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University

Ayelet Shachar
Moderator
R.F. Harney Chair in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, Munk School


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