“Hay futuro si hay verdad”

Overview & Synopsis

The aim of this chapter is to propose a philosophical reading of certain sections of the Final Report of the Truth Commission (2022), especially the initial sections, based on a conception of truth called by the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas as the Truth of Testimony. To achieve this purpose, I start by presenting the distinction between the truth of the revelation and the truth of the testimony; subsequently, I show how some sections of the Final Report are related to the truth of the testimony; finally, I con-clude by ratifying that a truth, whose basis is justice, understood as re-sponsibility for the other, undoes any possibility of avoiding issues aimed at the freedom of the Same.