CAN HISTORY ABSOLVE? CAN HISTORY JUDGE?

Appealing to history, rather than to God, to provide an ultimate judgment about human actions can have a justificatory or consolatory function. The former grants proleptic absolution for acts that may be morally dubious because of their benign consequences, while the latter enables victims in the pr...

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Publicado en:	History & Theory Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 319 - 338
Autor principal:	JAY, MARTIN
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep2025
Materias:	History Judgment of God Moral judgment Historians Deontological ethics
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