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Jason Lee Byas - How Should We Deal With Historic Injustice?

Jason Lee Byas - How Should We Deal With Historic Injustice?

Update: 2025-10-01
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In this conversation from 2022, Alex speaks with Jason Lee Byas about the complexities of responding to questions of historic injustice, reparations, and compensation within a libertarian framework. 


References


1. Articles by Jason Lee Byas, Center for a Stateless Society 


Link: https://c4ss.org/content/author/jason-byas 


2. “Rectification and Historic Injustice” by Jason Lee Byas


Link: https://philpapers.org/archive/BYARAH.pdf 


3. “A Black Commons: A Framework for Recognition, Reconciliation, and Reparations” by Julian Agyeman and Kofi Boone 


Link: https://www.academia.edu/113180745/The_Black_CommonsA_Framework_for_Recognition_Reconciliation_Reparations 


4. “Compensation for Historic Injustices: Completing the Boxill and Sher Argument” by Andrew I. Cohen


Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40212837.pdf 


5. “Should Race Matter?: Unusual Answers to the Usual Questions” by David Boonin


Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Should-Race-Matter-Unusual-Questions/dp/0521149800 


6. “The Ethics of Liberty” by Murray N. Rothbard


Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Ethics-Liberty-Murray-N-Rothbard/dp/0814775594 


7. “Historical Rights and Fair Shares” by A. John Simmons


Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3505011 


8. “The Multiculturalism of Fear” by Jacob Levy


Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Multiculturalism-Fear-Jacob-T-Levy/dp/0198297122 


9. “Apologies and Moral Repair: Rights, Duties, and Corrective Justice” by Andrew I. Cohen


Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Apologies-Moral-Repair-Corrective-Justice/dp/0367508036

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Jason Lee Byas - How Should We Deal With Historic Injustice?

Jason Lee Byas - How Should We Deal With Historic Injustice?

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