It is often claimed both that forgiveness is elective and that forgiveness is something that we
do for reasons. However, there is a tension between these two central claims about the …

Theorists often conceive of forgiveness as “wiping the slate clean” or something of the sort
with respect to the offender's moral infraction. This raises a puzzle concerning how (or …

This book argues that justice often governs apologies. Drawing on examples from literature,
politics, and current events, Cohen presents a theory of apology as corrective offers. Many …

We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness: Wrongdoing is common. Even
after a perpetrator has been taken to court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play …

Affirmative action is often implemented as a way of making redress to victims of past
injustices. But critics of this practice have launched a three-pronged assault against it. Firstly …

According to the dominant account of forgiveness, to forgive is to overcome the reactive
attitudes warranted by a wrongdoing. On one version of this 'reactive attitudes' account …

What, if anything, gives us the right to ask the victim of our wrongdoing for forgiveness? After
some conceptual clarifications, I attempt to lay open a paradoxical structure in apologies …

The concept of exploitation and potentially exploitative real‐world practices are the subject
of increasing philosophical attention. However, while philosophers have extensively …

Philosophers discussing forgiveness have usually been split between those who think that
forgiveness is typically virtuous, even when the wrongdoer doesn't repent, and those who …

The paper attempts to bridge a gap between two prevalent conceptions of forgiveness that
are widely thought to be in opposition. On one side of things, forgiveness is often …