Is Forgiveness the Deliberate Refusal to Punish?

In his paper, “The Paradox of Forgiveness” (this Journal 6 (2009), p. 365-393), Leo Zaibert defends the novel and interesting claim that to forgive is deliberately to refuse to punish. I argue that this is mistaken.

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Main Author: Warmke, Brandon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2011
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2011, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 613-620
Further subjects:B Punishment
B overt blame
B Forgiveness
B private blame
B Intention
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Summary:In his paper, “The Paradox of Forgiveness” (this Journal 6 (2009), p. 365-393), Leo Zaibert defends the novel and interesting claim that to forgive is deliberately to refuse to punish. I argue that this is mistaken.
ISSN:1745-5243
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/174552411X601085