Global Rectificatory Justice

Recent events have proved that colonialism has left indelible prints in history. In 2013, the British Foreign Secretary apologized and promised compensation for the atrocities in Kenyan detention camps in the 1950s and the same year the heads of governments of the Caribbean Community issued a declaration demanding reparation for the genocide of indigenous populations and for slavery and the slave trade during colonialism The discussion and literature on global justice has mainly focused on distributive justice. 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? In seeking to answer these questions, the author fills a significant gap in the literature on global justice.

Göran Collste is Professor of Applied Ethics at Linköping University, Sweden. He coordinates the Master's Programme in Applied Ethic and is President of Societas Ethica (European Society for Research in Ethics) (2011-2015).

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Discussion on Global Justice. A Missing Premise
3. Colonialism
4. Five Cases of Colonialism
5. The Legacy of Colonialism
6. Restoring the Epistemic Privilege
7. Claims for Justice After Colonialism
8. The Meaning of Rectificatory Justice After Colonialism
9. Ways Forward; Rectification, Forgiveness and Reconciliation
10. Rectificatory Justice – the Philosophical Discussion
11. Rectification for Slavery
12. Is a Generous Immigration Policy a Way to Rectify for Colonial Injustices?
13. Changing the Global Order: the Case of TRIPS
14. Conclusions and Implications