Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery
Contra Horowitz: A Case for Reparations to Blacks for Slavery
Author(s): Jon-Paul Amos, Walter E. BlockSubject(s): History of Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Economic policy, Politics and society, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Court case
Published by: LIBERTAS MEĐUNARODNO SVEUČILIŠTE
Keywords: libertarian; homesteading; reparations; property rights; slavery;
Summary/Abstract: Horowitz rejects reparations for African Americans. We demonstrate that their heirs are entitled to the property illegitimately obtained by the slave owners. When we operate under the libertarian homesteading principle, the land should be redistributed back to the people who worked and tilled it first. That is, the black slaves. Horowitz’s claims against reparations serve as a poor refutation towards the reparations argument. African Americans are entitled to the “40 acres and a mule” that was promised, yet never fulfilled. We rely upon libertarian theory to clearly understand the case for reparations.
Journal: MEĐUNARODNE STUDIJE
- Issue Year: 22/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 35-57
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English