Global Rectificatory Justice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Göran Collste

   Pages 1-16

3. The Discussion on Global Justice: A Missing Premise

   • Göran Collste

   Pages 17-32

4. Colonialism

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   Pages 33-51

5. Five Cases of Colonialism

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   Pages 52-75

6. The Legacy of Colonialism

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   Pages 76-85

7. Restoring the Epistemic Framework

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   Pages 86-89

8. Rectification for Slavery

   • Göran Collste

   Pages 90-104

9. Claims for Justice after Colonialism

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   Pages 105-114

10. The Meaning of Rectificatory Justice after Colonialism

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    Pages 115-136

11. Rectificatory Justice — Philosophical Challenges

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    Pages 137-150

12. Ways Forward: Rectification, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation

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    Pages 151-157

13. Is a Generous Immigration Policy a Way to Rectify Colonial Injustices?

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    Pages 158-163

14. Changing the Global Order: The Case of TRIPS

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    Pages 164-170

15. Conclusions and Implications

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    Pages 171-184

16. Back Matter

    Pages 185-207

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What are the implications of colonialism for a theory of global justice today? What does rectificatory justice mean in the light of colonialism? What does global rectificatory justice require in practice? The author seeks to answer these questions covering a significant gap in the literature on global justice.

• Global justice
• Rectificatory Justice
• Ethics
• Applied Ethics
• Colonialism
• Reconciliation
• Forgiveness
• Restorative justice
• Reparative justice
• Compensation
• Immigration
• Global order
• International Relations
• Political philosophy
• colonialism
• immigration
• migration
• philosophy
• Policy

'This book covers a significant gap in the literature on global justice by focusing on an important topic: that of rectificatory justice for past international injustices It corners a nice niche and should serve as a reference point for future discussion on the subject, which it will also help excite.' - Kok-Chor Tan, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

• Linköping University, Sweden

  Göran Collste

Göran Collste is Professor of Applied Ethics at Linköping University, Sweden. He coordinates an international Master's Programme in Applied Ethics and is President of Societas Ethica (European Society for Research in Ethics). He has recently published in Global Policy, Ethics and Global Politics and Public Health Ethics.

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