Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 2018
170 pages
978-1-4985-5861-7 (ISBN)
Description
Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness adds the voice of rights theory to contemporary discussions on forgiveness. Rights have been excluded for two related reasons: first, forgiveness is often framed as "a gift" to wrongdoers; and second, rights suggest that victims are obligated in certain cases to forgive their wrongdoers. Such an obligation is often considered repugnant, for it unjustifiably wrongs (i.e., victimizes) victims, while benefiting wrongdoers. Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness overcomes this repugnancy by utilizing the moral theory of eirenéism to craft a rights-based theory of justice grounded in the inherent worth and intimate moral relationships between victims, wrongdoers, and their social community, in order to show that the particular needs of victims make the obligation to forgive self-beneficial while also promoting a peaceful state of just flourishing.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 Table
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-5861-7 (9781498558617)
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Court D. Lewis
Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness
Book
09/2018
Lexington Books
€121.70
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Person
Court D. Lewis is associate professor and program coordinator of philosophy and religious studies at Owensboro Community College.
Content
Introduction
1. Life-Goods and the Grounding of Eirenic Rights
2. Repentance and the Right to Be Forgiven
3. The Unforgiveable and Vengeance
4. Religious Obligations to Forgive
5. Towards Reconciliation
Epilogue
1. Life-Goods and the Grounding of Eirenic Rights
2. Repentance and the Right to Be Forgiven
3. The Unforgiveable and Vengeance
4. Religious Obligations to Forgive
5. Towards Reconciliation
Epilogue
