This book provides an account of how we might effectively address wrongdoing given challenges to the legitimacy of anger and retribution that arise from ethical considerations and from concerns about free will. --Book jacket.
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This major new book by a leading philosopher of moral responsibility and free will provides an account in how we can and should respond to wrongdoing if we are doubtful about how free our human agency really is.
There seems to be a pervasive trend towards public apologies, forms of national introspection and appeals to grant forgiveness. Archbishop Tutu's motto that 'there is no future without forgiveness' is well known. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has become a…
"There seems to be a pervasive trend towards public apologies, forms of national introspection and appeals to grant forgiveness. Archbishop Tutu's motto that 'there is no future without forgiveness' is well known. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has become …
How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? In this ... book, [the author] guides [the reader] through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation. In doing so, he probes to the core of the human encounter wit…
How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? Solomon Schimmel guides us through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation.
"How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? In this thoughtful book, Wounds Not Healed By Time, Solomon Schimmel guides us through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation. In doing so, he probes to the co…
How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? Solomon Schimmel guides us through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation.
How should we respond to injuries done to us and to the hurts that we inflict on others? In this book Solomon Schimmel guides us through the meanings of justice, forgiveness, repentance, and reconciliation. In doing so, he probes to the core of the human encounter with evil, dra…