Forgiveness and remembrance : remembering wrongdoing in personal and public life /

The theme of this book is the complex moral psychology of forgiving and remembering in both personal and political contexts. It presents an expanded emotive account of interpersonal forgiveness that challenges a number of entrenched ideas that pervade standard philosophical approaches to it, and use...

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Main Author: Blustein, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The theme of this book is the complex moral psychology of forgiving and remembering in both personal and political contexts. It presents an expanded emotive account of interpersonal forgiveness that challenges a number of entrenched ideas that pervade standard philosophical approaches to it, and uses this account to illuminate how forgiveness can advance the goals of transitional justice and political reconciliation in post-conflict societies.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199363506
0199363501
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0199329419
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9780199329397