03005nam 2200721 450 991078208830332120231003180803.00-19-773904-00-19-535328-50-585-28150-51-280-47126-30-19-802516-5(CKB)1000000000521426(EBL)270987(OCoLC)476006148(SSID)ssj0000359555(PQKBManifestationID)12152501(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359555(PQKBWorkID)10307623(PQKB)10120105(SSID)ssj0000149776(PQKBManifestationID)11910538(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149776(PQKBWorkID)10238376(PQKB)10747629(Au-PeEL)EBL4701974(CaPaEBR)ebr11273354(MiAaPQ)EBC4701974(EXLCZ)99100000000052142620161012h19971995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn ethic for enemies forgiveness in politics /Donald W. Shriver, JrNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1997.©19951 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511916-9 0-19-509105-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; A Complex and Multi-Dimensional Concept: Some Definitions; The Plan of the Book; 1. Revenge, the End of Politics, and Justice, the Beginning; 2. Forgiveness in Politics in Christian Tradition; 3. Political Ethics as Moral Memory; 4. Vengeance and Forbearance: Germans and Americans; 5. Enmity and Empathy: Japan and the United States; 6. Justice and Forgiveness: The Long Road to Equal Citizenship for African Americans; 7. Whither Forgiveness in American Politics?; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject IndexThe author of this text examines how former enemies learn to live together in peaceful political association despite their suffering at each other's hands. He seeks to reclaim the concept of forgiveness from personal and religious realms and restate its significance in political life.Christianity and politicsForgivenessReligious aspectsChristianityCivil societyPolitical ethicsUnited StatesPolitics and government20th centuryChristianity and politics.ForgivenessReligious aspectsChristianity.Civil society.Political ethics.172Shriver Donald W.Jr.(Donald Woods),1927-2021,1545837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782088303321An ethic for enemies3800965UNINA