Forgiveness a philosophical exploration / Charles L. Griswold.

Author/creator Griswold, Charles L., 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxxvi, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects

Contents Forgiveness ancient and modern -- Pardon, excuse, and forgiveness in ancient philosophy : the standpoint of perfection -- Bishop Butler's seminal analysis -- Resentment -- Forgiveness -- Forgiveness at its best -- Forgiveness, revenge, and resentment -- Resentment and self-respect -- To be forgiven: changing your ways, contrition, and regret -- Forgiving: a change of heart, and seeing the offender and onesdelf 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, shared humanity, and sympathy -- 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: the dead and 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 -- The University of Alabama and the legacy of slavery -- Apology, reparations, and the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans -- Desmond tutu and South African churches -- King Hussein in Israel -- The United States Senate and the victims of lynching -- One to many apology: two failures -- Robert McNamara's war and mea culpa -- Richard Nixon's resignation and pardon -- Traditional rituals of reconciliation: apology, forgiveness, or pardon? -- Apology and the unforgivable -- Apology, forgiveness, and civic reconciliation -- A culture of apology and of forgiveness : risks and abuses -- Political apology, narrative, and ideals -- Truth, memory, and civic reconciliation without apology -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: an interpretation -- Reconciliation without apology?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index.
LCCN 2007003936
ISBN9780521878821 (hardback)
ISBN0521878829 (hardback)
ISBN9780521703512 (pbk.)
ISBN0521703514 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks BJ1476 .G75 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold