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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fricke, Christel.

Series:

Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; 14.

Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-208) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-82313-1

1-283-44190-X

9786613441904

1-136-82314-X

0-203-83055-5

9780203830550

OCLC:

773564481