Reparations, Responsibility, and Formalism: A Reply to Carnes

Raff Donelson

doi:10.1007/s11406-020-00237-y

Reparations, Responsibility, and Formalism: A Reply to Carnes

Raff Donelson

Dickinson Law (Carlisle)

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In a recent paper, Thomas Carnes develops a novel argument for reparations for historical injustices. This Reply shows that Carnes succeeds only at the cost of invoking an implausible formalism. The Reply also presents in brief a simpler argument for reparations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	643-649
Number of pages	7
Journal	Philosophia (United States)
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-020-00237-y
State	Published - Apr 2021

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