FACC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Communes Of France, Intellectual Virtue, Distributive Justice
16 Jul 2018
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Reflections webber piece: talking about moments where reciprocity was present. Story that we tell ourselves about relationship between euro and indigenous: aboriginal people were systematically wronged. This story limits our understanding of other periods of this relationship. There was a period of reciprocity after contact (webber explains this). Webber says yes, there can be something called justice in situations of oppression. Webber says this is not absolute justice, but justice nonetheless. Borrows video: idea of law being writable: borrows points out the wampum belt. We can share navigational space but we will not merge. Law is in wampum belt, it is just not in writing . Webber: you can find justice in contexts that feel tainted and problematic. Time of early encounter tells us muchl justice was not perfect or absolute, but reciprocity was present. Borrows says yes, some rules did intend to be honourable.
