Philosopher Margaret Urban Walker addresses the nature—and affirms the value—of hope for survivors in the aftermath of mass atrocity. Hope, in Walker’s view, is a central good in human life and an indispensable feature of moral reconstruction after mass violence. Its signature configuration is “a desire that some perceived good come to realization; a belief that it is at least (even if barely) possible; and an alert openness to, absorption in, or an active pursuit of, the desired possibility.” Walker’s affirmation of hope (for understanding, for truth, for justice, and so on) as a resource after mass atrocities is utterly unsentimental. Sometimes, affirmations of hope (along with forgiveness, trust, and healing) can be insensitive to the depth of genocidal destruction and its impact on the victims or survivors. Walker steers clear of such a falsely redemptive discourse and does not deny that some survivor may live in a space beyond all hope. Yet she also avoids the opposite danger, that of denying hope—an intellectual move that she claims de-individualizes and potentially dehumanizes the survivor.