Given the current climate of political division and global conflict it is not surprising that there has been an increasing interest in how we ought to respond to perceived wrongdoing, both personal and political. In this volume, top scholars from around the world contribute all new original essays on the ethics of forgiveness, revenge, and punishment.
This book draws on both historical and contemporary debates in order to answer important questions about the nature of forgiveness, the power of apology, the relationship between punishment and revenge, the path to reconciliation, the morality of blame, and the role of forgiveness in political conflict.
Chapter 16 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Given the current climate of political division and global conflict it is not surprising that there has been an increasing interest in how we ought to respond to perceived wrongdoing, both personal and political. In this volume, top scholars from around the world contribute all new original essays on the ethics of forgiveness, revenge, and punishment.
This book draws on both historical and contemporary debates in order to answer important questions about the nature of forgiveness, the power of apology, the relationship between punishment and revenge, the path to reconciliation, the morality of blame, and the role of forgiveness in political conflict.
Chapter 16 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
First book to cover the ethics of revenge and forgiveness from historical and contemporary perspectives Brings together new essays from top scholars weighing in on debates on the ethics of revenge and forgiveness Emphasizes areas of disagreement among contemporary authors on the interpretation of key historical figures
Paula Satne
Plato on Anger, Revenge, and Punishment Aristotle on Anger and Revenge Seneca on Anger and Revenge Early Judeo-Christian Views on Forgiveness and Punishment Spinoza on Forgiveness and Punishment Immanuel Kant on Retributive Justice Forgiveness and the Emotions Third Person Forgiveness and Proxy Forgiveness Unconditional Forgiveness Political Forgiveness Justice and Accountability Revenge and Punishment Political Conflicts and the Cycle of Revenge Non-Retributive Justification for Revenge Punishment, Forgiveness and Reconciliation