The Reparations Game

This week on The Critic Show, Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Anglican priest, historian, ethicist and author  Lord Nigel Biggar.

Recently in The Critic, Nigel made the case against Project Spire, the Church of England’s plan to allocate funds to slavery reparations, and called for them to “abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling.” They discuss the debate around the Church of England’s push towards reparations, and how initiatives like Project Spire and the historical link to Queen Anne’s Bounty have played a role in where we have ended up today.

Many of the assumptions behind reparations, such as Britain’s wealth being built on slavery, are historically dubious. Crucially, if we started handing out reparations now, would the calls for them ever end? While forgiveness is at the heart of Christian values, is there really a moral case for reparations in the 21st century?

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