Getting even : forgiveness and its limits /
In this short book, the author proposes that vindictive emotions (anger, resentment, and the desire for revenge) actually deserve a more legitimate place in our emotional, social, and legal lives than we currently recognize, while forgiveness deserves to be more selectively granted.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: responding to evil
- What is forgiveness?
- Two cheers for vindictiveness
- Vindictiveness and the law
- Forgiveness as a virtue
- Repentence, punishment, and mercy
- Self-forgiveness
- Forgiveness in psychotherapy
- Forgiveness and Christianity
- Christianity and criminal punishment
- Concluding remarks.