TY  - GEN
AB  - In current debates about coming to terms with individual and collective wrongdoing, the concept of forgiveness has played an important but controversial role. For a long time, the idea was widespread that a forgiving attitude overcoming feelings of resentment and the desire for revenge was always virtuous. Recently, however, this idea has been questioned. The contributors to this volume do not take sides for or against forgiveness but rather examine its meaning and function against the backdrop of a more complex understanding of moral repair in a variety of social, circumstantial, and cultural contexts. The book aims to gain a differentiated understanding of the European traditions regarding forgiveness, revenge, and moral repair that have shaped our moral intuitions today whilst also examining examples from other cultural contexts (Asia and Africa, in particular) to explore how different cultural traditions deal with the need for moral repair after wrongdoing. Maria-Sibylla Lotter, Professor of Philosophy, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany, and author of Scham, Schuld, Verantwortung. Saskia Fischer, Research Associate in German Studies and Comparative Literature, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany, and author of Ritual und Ritualitat im Drama nach 1945.
AU  - Lotter, Maria-Sibylla,
AU  - Fischer, Saskia
CN  - BJ1476
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-030-84610-7
DO  - doi
ID  - 1443441
KW  - Forgiveness.
KW  - Right and wrong.
KW  - Responsibility.
KW  - Pardon.
KW  - Rectitude.
KW  - Responsabilité.
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-84610-7
N2  - In current debates about coming to terms with individual and collective wrongdoing, the concept of forgiveness has played an important but controversial role. For a long time, the idea was widespread that a forgiving attitude overcoming feelings of resentment and the desire for revenge was always virtuous. Recently, however, this idea has been questioned. The contributors to this volume do not take sides for or against forgiveness but rather examine its meaning and function against the backdrop of a more complex understanding of moral repair in a variety of social, circumstantial, and cultural contexts. The book aims to gain a differentiated understanding of the European traditions regarding forgiveness, revenge, and moral repair that have shaped our moral intuitions today whilst also examining examples from other cultural contexts (Asia and Africa, in particular) to explore how different cultural traditions deal with the need for moral repair after wrongdoing. Maria-Sibylla Lotter, Professor of Philosophy, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany, and author of Scham, Schuld, Verantwortung. Saskia Fischer, Research Associate in German Studies and Comparative Literature, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Germany, and author of Ritual und Ritualitat im Drama nach 1945.
SN  - 9783030846107
SN  - 3030846105
T1  - Guilt, forgiveness, and moral repair :a cross-cultural comparison /
TI  - Guilt, forgiveness, and moral repair :a cross-cultural comparison /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-84610-7
ER  -