Exploring ForgivenessRobert D. Enright, Joanna North Pioneers in the study of forgiveness, Robert Enright and Joanna North have compiled a collection of twelve essays ranging from a first-person account of the mother of a murdered child to an assessment of the United States’ post-war reconciliations with Germany and Vietnam. This book explores forgiveness in interpersonal relationships, family relationships, the individual and society relationship, and international relations through the eyes of philosophers and educators as well as a psychologist, police chief-turned-minister, law professor, sociologist, psychiatrist, social worker, and theologian. |
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Introducing Forgiveness | 3 |
A Philosophers Exploration | 15 |
The Metaphysics and Morality of Forgiveness | 35 |
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