Essays about: "rectificatory justice"

Found 3 essays containing the words rectificatory justice.

1. 1. Reduction of the Global Human Population : A Rectificatory Argument based on Environmental Considerations

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Stijn Koenraads; [2016]
   Keywords : human population reduction; rectification; environmental ethics; inter-species justice; harm;

   Abstract : Contrary to what many scholars hold, a case can be made for human population reduction (the practice of artificially decreasing the number of human beings on the Earth). Robin Attfield's, Paul Taylor's, Arne Næss's and J. READ MORE

3. 2. Countering the Counterfactual : A Case for Rectificatory Justice for Colonialism

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Antonina Matundura; [2015]
   Keywords : rectificatory justice; colonialism; counterfactuals; injustice; objectification; equality;

   Abstract : Rectificatory justice for colonialism has been, in recent years, included in the discussion of global justice. The idea is that former colonial powers acknowledge, apologise and make reparations for the harms caused during colonialism. However, there are some objections to rectificatory justice for colonialism. READ MORE

4. 3. Global Rectificatory Justice : Repairing for Colonialism and Ending World Poverty

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : David Sigurthorsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Global justice; rectificatory justice; historical injustice; historical obligations; collective obligations; colonialism; poverty; reparation.;

   Abstract : The current state of the global distribution of income, wealth, and well-being is in many respects the product of historical acts and processes. Of these, some have been just, others not. In philosophical discourse, processes of the latter kind are referred to as historical injustices. READ MORE