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Forgiveness and retribution : responding to wrongdoing

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2012
ISBN
1107017963, 978-1-107-01796-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2355577 bytes)
Pages
297\312
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00

Description

Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing. In recent decades, many philosophers have claimed that unless certain conditions are met, we should resent those who have wronged us personally and that criminal offenders deserve to be punished. Conversely, Margaret Holmgren posits that we should forgive those who have ill-treated us, but only after working through a process of addressing the wrong. Holmgren then reflects on the kinds of laws and social practices a properly forgiving society would adopt

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