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Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness - Court D. Lewis

Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness

By: Court D. Lewis

eText | 15 September 2018 | Edition Number 1

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Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness adds the voice of rights theory to contemporary discussions on forgiveness. Rights have been excluded for two related reasons: first, forgiveness is often framed as “a gift” to wrongdoers; and second, rights suggest that victims are obligated in certain cases to forgive their wrongdoers. Such an obligation is often considered repugnant, for it unjustifiably wrongs (i.e., victimizes) victims, while benefiting wrongdoers. Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness overcomes this repugnancy by utilizing the moral theory of eirenéism to craft a rights-based theory of justice grounded in the inherent worth and intimate moral relationships between victims, wrongdoers, and their social community, in order to show that the particular needs of victims make the obligation to forgive self-beneficial while also promoting a peaceful state of just flourishing.

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Lewis makes a clear and compelling argument for the obligation to offer forgiveness to wrongdoers by showing that forgiveness is a necessary life-good for those who apologize and repent. His rights-based framework provides an excellent response to the objection that requiring victims to forgive wrongdoers is repugnant.
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