Justification for Reparations

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I want to talk a little bit about the subject of a book, wichis reparations. There is a kind of philosophical rational for operations, which actually is not especially controversial. Even tho botarian philosophers like robert nose would get on board with it. So there 's a way of trying to use that very basic conceptual framework at a more collective scale. And so you have a kind of libertarian justification for reparations.

Olúfẹmi Táíwò is a philosopher and an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. He is the author of Reconsidering Reparations, and his latest book is Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else).

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Olúfẹmi Táíwò discuss the difference between identifying the wrongs of the past and charting a road for progress, why we shouldn’t shy away from pursuing difficult political goals, and how we can better build movements around shared interests.

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