
Forgiveness
Acumen Publishing Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-84465-226-6 (ISBN)
Description
Forgiveness usually gets a very good press in our culture: we are deluged with self-help books and television shows all delivering the same message, that forgiveness is good for everyone, and is always the right thing to do. But those who have suffered seriously at the hands of others often and rightly feel that this boosterism about forgiveness is glib and facile. Perhaps forgiveness is not always desirable, especially where the wrongdoing is terrible or the wrongdoer unrepentant. In this book, Garrard and McNaughton suggest that the whole debate suffers from a crippling lack of clarity about what forgiveness really amounts to. They argue that it is more difficult, complex and troubling than many of its advocates suppose. Nevertheless, they conclude, a proper understanding of forgiveness allows us to avoid cheap and shallow forms of it, and enables us to see why it is right and admirable to forgive even unrepentant wrongdoers.
Reviews / Votes
"The book is superbly written and moves at a brisk pace that keeps up interest and made me want to go on. I didn't need to read this book with a dictionary of philosophy to hand, or wonder what some of the words meant, or try to unravel the syntax of the sentences. The issues are laid out with admirable clarity and balance, and they kept my interest as if I were reading an exciting novel." - Anthony Bash, Durham University, author of Forgiveness and Christian EthicsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Durham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84465-226-6 (9781844652266)
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Additional editions


Eve Garrard | David Mcnaughton
Forgiveness
E-Book
12/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download

Eve Garrard | David Mcnaughton
Forgiveness
E-Book
12/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Persons
Eve Garrard is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University of Keele. David McNaughton is Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University.
Content
Introduction 1. The debate about forgiveness 2. The case against forgiveness 3. A third way? 4. The case for forgiveness I: what the psychologists say 5. The case for forgiveness II: meeting the objections 6. The case for forgiveness III: the positive arguments