RT Article
T1 Moral emotions and the politics of blame and credit during transitional justice moments
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 13
IS 1
SP 134
OP 154
A1 Hearty, Kevin
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1844128334
AB This article critically examines how moral emotions are intrinsically tied to the process of apportioning blame and credit in postconflict societies. In doing so, it draws out the complexity that underpins moral emotions during key junctures in transitional justice. Recognizing that moral emotions naturally stem from the making of a judgement about a ‘target,’ the article argues that the relationship between those experiencing the moral emotion and the ‘target’ fundamentally determines whether the ‘target’ becomes the object of blame or credit during seminal moments of transition. Through using a focused empirical case study, the article identifies why and how changes over time in the relationships between the ‘judgemental self’ and the ‘target,’ in personal and political identities, and in perceptions of what is and is not moral, influence the moral emotions expressed by different versions of the ‘judgemental self’ towards the ‘target.’
K1 Moral emotions
K1 Victims
K1 Spoilers
K1 Northern Ireland
K1 Martin McGuinness
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijy027