“It sometimes seems like the only thing more common in the news than an apology is conduct that calls for one. Apologies are part of our everyday ethical lives. In this book, Andrew Cohen argues that apologies are a means of moral repair that can be owed as a matter of justice. Victims can have a right to an apology and offenders a corresponding duty to apologize. The book has three main parts: an account of apologies as corrective offers, an account of how apologies can be owed as a matter of justice, and a defense of corporate and state duties to apologize, including for historic injustices …” (more)
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Per-Erik Milam, ‘Andrew I Cohen: Apologies and Moral Repair: Rights, Duties, and Corrective Justice. Routledge, 2020. Hardback (978-0-367-90103-5), $160. 216 Pages’, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (2022). Published 19 May.
First posted 2022-05-24 13:00:46
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