Survey Article: Justifying the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Truth commissions have emerged as popular devices for countries which are trying to move from a past of mass human rights violations to a stable and democratic future. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was by no means the first official commission to inquire into and report on a fraught past, yet it has attracted more interest, including philosophical interest, than any of its predecessors.     

The Inevitable Social Contract

Res Publica - The mark of ‘the political’, according to Bernard Williams, lies in a society finding an answer to the ‘first political question’—the...