Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Failures to remember the past properly can constitute a range of different wrongs. In this article, we identify a novel kind of wrong that often occurs through political apologies: consigning an injustice to history. Consigning acknowledges that a historical injustice took place but denies that it has any ongoing relevance for the present. This is sometimes justified, but it is not justified when a past injustice's moral residue has not been washed away. We suggest a conception of political apologies – political apology as political atonement – that can help to avoid prematurely consigning injustices to history.
Source: Journal of Applied Philosophy
DOI: 10.1111/japp.70054
Authors: Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
Institutions: Tilburg University, University of Bern
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,980
Award: G5703293047
OpenAlex ID: W4415616500