Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Prologue......Page 15
1 Forgiveness Ancient and Modern......Page 29
[i] Pardon, Excuse, and Forgiveness in Ancient Philosophy: the standpoint of perfection......Page 30
[ii] Bishop Butler's Seminal Analysis......Page 47
[ii.a] Resentment......Page 50
[ii.b] Forgiveness......Page 59
[i] Forgiveness, Revenge, and Resentment......Page 66
[ii] Resentment and Self-Respect......Page 71
[iii] To Be Forgiven: changing your ways, contrition, and regret......Page 75
[iv] Forgiving: a change of heart, and seeing the offender and oneself in a new light......Page 81
[v] The Conditions of Forgiveness: Objections and replies......Page 87
[v.a] Atonement and the Payment or Dismissal of a Debt......Page 88
[v.b] Forgiveness as a Gift and Unconditional Forgiveness......Page 90
[v.c] Praiseworthy Conditional Forgiveness......Page 97
[vi] Moral Monsters, Shared Humanity, and Sympathy......Page 100
[vi.a] Moral Monsters......Page 101
[vi.b] Shared Humanity and Fallibility, Compassion, and Pity......Page 105
[vi.c] Sympathy......Page 111
[vii] The Unforgivable and the Unforgiven......Page 118
[viii] Forgiveness, Narrative, and Ideals......Page 126
[ix] Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Friendship......Page 138
[i] Ideal and Non-Ideal Forgiveness: an inclusive or exclusive relation?......Page 141
[ii] Third-Party Forgiveness......Page 145
[iii.a] Forgiving the Dead......Page 148
[iii.b] Forgiving the Unrepentant......Page 149
[iv] Self-Forgiveness......Page 150
[iv.a] Self-Forgiveness for Injuries to Others......Page 151
[iv.b] Self-Forgiveness for Injuries to Oneself......Page 153
[iv.c] Self-Forgiveness for Injuries One Could Not Help Inflicting......Page 156
[v] Forgiveness and Moral Luck......Page 158
4 Political Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation......Page 162
[i] Apology and Forgiveness Writ Large: Questions and Distinctions......Page 163
[ii] Political Apology Among the One and Many......Page 174
[ii.a] Many to Many Apology: Test Cases......Page 175
[ii.b] One to Many Apology: Two Failures......Page 191
[iii] Traditional Rituals of Reconciliation: Apology, Forgiveness, or Pardon?......Page 195
[iv] Apology and the Unforgivable......Page 200
[v] Apology, Forgiveness, and Civic Reconciliation......Page 202
[vi] A Culture of Apology and of Forgiveness: Risks and Abuses......Page 208
[vii] Political Apology, Narrative, and Ideals......Page 211
5 Truth, Memory, and Civic Reconciliation without Apology......Page 223
[i] The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: an Interpretation......Page 229
The second reads......Page 232
[ii] Reconciliation without Apology?......Page 234
Epilogue......Page 239
Bibliography......Page 243
Index......Page 261