Can wrongs be righted? Can we make up for our misdeeds, or does the impossibility of changing the past mean that we remain permanently guilty? While atonement is traditionally considered a theological topic, Making Amends uses the resources of secular moral philosophy to explore the possibility of correcting the wrongs we do to one another.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
An Ethic for Wrongdoers: 1
Repaying Moral Debts: Self-Punishment and Restitution: 2
Changing One's Heart, Changing the Past: Repentance and Moral Transformation: 3
Reforming Relationships: The Reconciliation Theory of Atonement: 4
Forgiveness, Self-Forgiveness, and Redemption: 5
Making Amends for Crime: Restorative Justice and the Liberal State: 6
Collective Atonement: Making Amends to the Magdalen Penitents: 7
Linda Radzik is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of M.A. Program at Texas A&M University.
Pressestimmen
Radzik expertly and critically examines theories of atonement as moral transformation and as debt repayment Charles L. Grisworld, Times Literary Supplement Linda Radzik makes a valuable contribution to a small, but important and rapidly growing body of philosophy on the aftermath of wrongdoing ... highly engaging at the levels of both theorizing and moralizing, and I can hardly do justice to the range of ideas and questions Radzik raises. Adrienne M. Martin, Mind
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