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The ethics of forgiveness : a collection of essays / / edited by Christel Fricke



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Titolo: The ethics of forgiveness : a collection of essays / / edited by Christel Fricke Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
Disciplina: 179/.9
Soggetto topico: Forgiveness
Altri autori: FrickeChristel  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Part I. Historical and intercultural perspectives on forgiveness -- ch. 1. Forgiveness and forbearance in ancient china / Christoph Harbsmeier -- ch. 2. Unconditional forgiveness in Christianity? : some reflections on ancient Christian sources and practices / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli -- Part II. Forgiveness and selfhood -- ch. 3. What we cannot do to each other : on forgiveness and moral vulnerability / Christel Fricke -- ch. 4. The self rewritten : the case of self-forgiveness / Garry L. Hagberg -- ch. 5. Self-forgiveneess and the narrative sense of self / Peter Goldie -- Part III. Exploring the lImits of forgiveness -- ch. 6. Conditional unconditional forgiveness / Eve Garrad and David McNaughton -- ch. 7. Forgiveness without blame / Espen Gamlund -- ch. 8. On loving our enemies / Jerome Neu -- ch. 9. Can forgiveness be morally wrong / Arne Johan Vetlesen -- ch. 10. Apologising for historic injustices / Geoffrey Scarre -- ch. 11. Forgiveness, history, narrative : W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz / Jakob Lothe.
Sommario/riassunto: We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness: Wrongdoing is common. Even after a perpetrator has been taken to court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play. How should a victim and a perpetrator relate to each other outside the courtroom, and how should others relate to them? Communicating about forgiveness is particularly urgent in cases of civil war and crimes against humanity inside a community where, if there were no forgiveness, the community would fall apart.Forgiveness is governed by social and, in particular, by moral norms. Do those who ask to be for
Titolo autorizzato: The ethics of forgiveness  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-82313-1
1-283-44190-X
9786613441904
1-136-82314-X
0-203-83055-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814912103321
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Serie: Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; ; 14.