Reconciling the Irreconcilable?

Reconciliation is neither a moral imperative nor a duty attached to citizenship. It is not a normative issue framed by the mere subjectivity of victims and torturers. On the contrary, it depends on several factors such as institutional designs, negotiations frameworks, distributive systems, and the rational choices of the people involved—as well as many other variables (cultural and linguistic, historical, local), which improve the explanation. Here, focusing on the strategic calculations made whatever the specific situations contributes to a paramount perspective on a topic that is better understood once analysis is completed, and not before starting it.