RT Journal Article
T1 The Non-identity Problem and «Historical Victims»
A1 Alonso Fernández, Marcos
A1 Escribano Roca, Rodrigo
AB Recent decades have seen a considerable and progressive increase in historical claims. Within the context of colonialism criticism, but also outside this sphere, numerous politicians, collectives and intellectuals have emerged to denounce certain acts of the past, demanding recognition and repentance that would compensate for these past affronts. In this article we will analyze one of these cases: the demand for an apology from Spain and the Vatican by the President of Mexico, López Obrador. Taking as a guide the debate around the ethical problem of non-identity (which questions the possibility of someone being a victim of an act on which his or her own existence depends), we will see what ethical and metaphysical assumptions serve as the basis for these claims. We will also assess whether the claims of the so-called «historical victims» are consistent and ethically aceptable.
PB Springer Link
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105199
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105199
LA eng
NO Alonso, M., Escribano, R. The Non-identity Problem and «Historical Victims». Philosophia 50, 369–384 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-021-00407-6
NO Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025