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Author Corlett, J. Angelo, 1958-

Title Heirs of oppression / J. Angelo Corlett
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 371 pages)
Series Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy
Studies in social, political, and legal philosophy.
Contents Reparations -- Cosmopolitanism and compensatory justice -- Utilitarianism and historical injustice -- Reparations as a human right -- Collective responsibility and reparations -- Reparations to American Indians -- Reparations to Blacks -- Reparations and reconciliation -- Possible reparations policies -- Objections to reparations, and replies
Summary Packing his case with moral argument and relevant facts, Angelo Corlett offers the most comprehensive defense to date in favor of reparations for African Americans and American Indians. As Corlett see it, the heirs of oppression are both the descendants of the oppressors and the descendants of their victims. Corlett delves deeply into the philosophically related issues of collective responsibility, forgiveness and apology, and reparations as a human right in ways that no other book or article to date has done
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject African Americans -- Reparations.
Indians of North America -- Reparations
Reparations for historical injustices -- United States
Race discrimination -- United States -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage.
African Americans -- Reparations
Race discrimination
Reparations for historical injustices
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010028081
ISBN 9781442208162
1442208163
1282966944
9781282966949
9786612966941
6612966947