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The Ethics of Political Commemoration is a framework that seeks to improve remembrance of the past, so that it contributes to a better future. As a moral framework, it is adapted from the Just War tradition, reflecting that remembrance is often conducted with political – and sometimes coercive – intent.[1] Examples of such remembrance includes public events, monuments, museums, street names, among many others.
The framework consists of eight criteria, organized under two subheadings, similar to the Just War theory.[1] These criteria examine questions of merit and restraint when remembrance is mobilized for political purposes. The key idea of the framework is that ethical consideration of the Politics of memory needs to take multiple criteria into account.
- ^ a b Gutbrod, Hans; Wood, David (August 2023). Ethics of Political Commemoration: Towards a new Paradigm. London: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 978-3-031-31593-0. Retrieved 30 August 2023.