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Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness
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2018
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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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Copyright year
2018
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-5860-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-5861-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
145
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Introduction No access
1 Life-Goods and the Grounding of Eirenic Rights No access Pages 1 - 20
2 Repentance and the Right to Be Forgiven No access Pages 21 - 46
3 The Unforgivable and Vengeance No access Pages 47 - 86
4 Religious Obligations to Forgive No access Pages 87 - 112
