PROFESSOR DONELSON PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE ON REPARATIONS
July 2020 – Professor Raff Donelson recently published in Philosophia an article on reparations for historic injustices such as American slavery or the European Holocaust. His article, entitled “Reparations, Responsibility, and Formalism – A Reply to Carnes,” is available at this link.
In this short essay, Donelson tackles the most vexing question facing reparations advocates – the fact that no one alive today committed the atrocities which give rise to a claim for reparations.
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Professor Raff Donelson is an Assistant Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law who earned his J.D. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. Professor Donelson’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of philosophy, constitutional law, and criminal law. His more theoretical research interests include metaethics and general jurisprudence, while his doctrinal work focuses on constitutional protections for criminals and the accused. His scholarship includes contributions to books published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, as well as articles in U.S. and foreign law reviews and in philosophy journals such as Metaphilosophy. He has been an invited speaker at numerous legal and philosophy conferences and has addressed both U.S. and foreign academic audiences. His work is featured in Legal-Phi, which is an online venue that profiles the work of rising stars in the field of legal philosophy.