Forgiveness and retribution : responding to wrongdoing / Margaret R. Holmgren.

By:

Holmgren, Margaret R. (Margaret Reed), 1951-

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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 297 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781107017962
9781107695658

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DDC classification:

155.9/2 23

LOC classification:

BJ1476 .H65 2012

Other classification:

PHI005000

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Contents:

1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The nature of forgiveness and resentment -- 3. The moral analysis of the attitudes of forgiveness and resentment -- 4. The moral analysis of the attitudes of self-forgiveness and self-condemnation -- 5. Philosophical underpinnings of the basic attitudes -- 6. Moral theory: justice and desert -- 7. The public response to wrongdoing -- 8. Restorative justice: the public response to wrongdoing and the process of addressing the wrong.

Summary: "Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing"--Provided by publisher.Summary: "Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing. In recent decades, many philosophers have claimed that unless certain conditions are met, we should resent those who have wronged us personally and that criminal offenders deserve to be punished. Conversely, Margaret Holmgren posits that we should forgive those who have ill-treated us, but only after working through a process of addressing the wrong. Holmgren then reflects on the kinds of laws and social practices a properly forgiving society would adopt"--Provided by publisher.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Books	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions(ODPP) General stacks		Non-fiction		BJ1476 .H65 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))				C1	Available			ODPP3412014PTI
	Books	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions(ODPP) General stacks		Non-fiction		BJ1476 .H65 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))				C2	Available			ODPP3422014PTI

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285) and index.

"Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing"--Provided by publisher.

"Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing argues that ultimately, forgiveness is always the appropriate response to wrongdoing. In recent decades, many philosophers have claimed that unless certain conditions are met, we should resent those who have wronged us personally and that criminal offenders deserve to be punished. Conversely, Margaret Holmgren posits that we should forgive those who have ill-treated us, but only after working through a process of addressing the wrong. Holmgren then reflects on the kinds of laws and social practices a properly forgiving society would adopt"--Provided by publisher.

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