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Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness

Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness

Lewis, Court D.

Hardcover

PhilosophyReligion General

ISBN10: 1498558607
ISBN13: 9781498558600
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Sep 15 2018
Pages: 170
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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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