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    From slaughter to abduction: coming to terms with the past in Australia

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    Author
    THOMPSON, JANNA
    Date
    2003-04
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    THOMPSON, JANNA
    Affiliation
    Arts: Department of Philosophy
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    Thompson, Janna (2003) From slaughter to abduction: coming to terms with the past in Australia.
    Access Status
    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/33773
    Description

    CAPPE : Working paper 2003/4

    Abstract
    This paper will concentrate primarily on 'reconciliation' – its adequacy, meaning and requirements. However, the possibility of reconciliation as acknowledgment and recompense for past wrongs depends on an idea of collective responsibility which encompasses responsibility for historical injustices. I will use the debate about apology to explain why citizens have a responsibility for making recompense for historical injustices committed by past officials of their nation. This explanation suggests a particular approach to dealing with these past injustices and a view about what reconciliation should accomplish, and I will relate this approach to the debate about Aboriginal land claims. Finally, I will consider some of the problems that arise when people are asked to comprehend injustices that do not fit common conceptions of harm. The debate about removal of children involves a conceptual difficulty of this kind
    Keywords
    Reconciliation; land rights; Aborigines; Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation; removal of children; culture; land claims; apology

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