| ID | 127792 |
| Title Proper | Disgorging the fruits of historical wrongdoing |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Goodin, Robert E |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | There are many different ways of responding to wrongdoing: person-centered or object-centered, victim-centered or perpetrator-centered, and fault-oriented or not. Among these approaches, requiring innocent beneficiaries to disgorge the fruits of historical wrongdoings of others is attractive because it is informationally the least demanding. Although that approach is perhaps not ideal, at least it is feasible where other responses are not, and doing something is better than doing nothing in response to grievous historical wrongdoing. Depending on circumstances, disgorgement can be in whole or in part, in kind or in cash. Even without the full information that disgorgement itself requires, general redistributive taxation might be justified as a tolerably close approximation. |
| `In' analytical Note | American Political Science Review Vol.107, No.3; August 2013: p.478-491 |
| Journal Source | American Political Science Review Vol.107, No.3; August 2013: p.478-491 |
| Key Words | History ; Historical Wrongdoing ; General Redistributive Taxation - GRT ; Distribution System ; Grievous Historical Wrongdoing - GHW ; Political Approaches ; Taxation System ; Economic System ; State Policy ; Political Economy ; Disgorgement |