Court D. Lewis

Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498558617
• Artikelnr.: 53637088

Autorenporträt

Court D. Lewis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pellissippi State Community College, in Knoxville, TN. Specializing in Ethics, Forgiveness, and Justice, Court is the author of 'Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness', Series Editor of Vernon Press's series 'The Philosophy of Forgiveness', and co-editor (with Gregory L. Bock) of 'The Ethics of Anger' and 'Righteous Indignation: Christianity and Anger'. Court is a member of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, proud father and husband, volunteer, and musician.