Author: Griswold, Charles L.
Title: Forgiveness : A Philosophical Exploration
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2007). orig.wrappers. 23x14cm, xxvi,242 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. AN ink mark to bottom page-edge. VG. ¶ Contents: Forgiveness : ancient and modern -- Pardon, excuse, and forgiveness in ancient philosophy : the standpoint of perfection -- Resentment and forgiveness : Bishop Butler’s seminal analysis -- Resentment -- Forgiveness -- Forgiveness at its best -- Forgiveness, revenge, and resentment -- Resentment and self-respect -- On qualifying for forgiveness: changing your ways, contrition, and regret -- On granting forgiveness: a change of heart, and seeing the offender in a new light -- The conditions of forgiveness: objections and replies -- Atonement, and the payment or dismissal of a debt -- Forgiveness as a gift, and unconditional forgiveness -- Praiseworthy conditional forgiveness -- Moral monsters and shared humanity -- Moral monsters -- Shared humanity and fallibility, compassion, and pity -- Sympathy -- The unforgivable and the unforgiven -- Forgiveness, narrative, and ideals -- Forgiveness, reconciliation, and friendship -- - Imperfect forgiveness --Ideal and non- ideal forgiveness: an inclusive or exclusive relation? -- Third party forgiveness -- Unilateral forgiveness -- Forgiving the dead -- Forgiving the unrepentant -- Self-forgiveness -- For injuries to others -- For injuries to oneself -- For injuries one could not help inflicting -- Forgiveness and moral luck -- Political apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation -- Apology and forgiveness writ large: questions and distinctions -- Political apology among the one and many -- Many to many apology: test cases ...

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