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historic injustice  

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  • Claims to material reparations and symbolic restitution for historical injustices are based on the lasting impact of the deeds of previously living people on the well-being of currently living people and the moral quality of their deeds, respectively. These two grounds for claims to redressing historical injustices differ and raise different questions of interpretation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Historic Injustice]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/historic_injustice

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