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Author:   Jeffrey Blustein
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032139470

ISBN 10:   1032139471
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   31 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction: On the Complexities of Blame and Forgiveness 1. The Problem with Blame 2. The Hostility Critique 3. Varieties of Blame 4. To Blame or Not to Blame? 5. An Ethics of Blame 6. Forgoing Blame 7. Holding Responsible Without Blame Part I Conclusion: Taking Stock 8. Blame Before and After Forgiveness 9. Is Blame Renounced by Forgiveness? Some Philosophical Accounts 10. Forgiveness and the Purposes of Blame 11. How Forgiveness Changes Blame Part II Conclusion: Withdrawing Good Will and Expressing Ill Will Appendix I: On the Moral Peril of Forgiveness in Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh 12. Praising and Debunking Forgiveness 13. The Electivity of Forgiveness 14. The Gratitude-Based Objection 15. Aristotle, Kant and the Problem with Gratitude 16. Nietzsche, Nussbaum and the Problem with Forgiveness 17. An Alternative Moral Psychology of Gratitude and Forgiveness Part III Conclusion: The Two Faces of Forgiveness Appendix II: On Blame and Optimism

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Jeffrey M. Blustein is Professor of Philosophy and Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics, City College, City University of New York. His previously authored books include The Moral Demands of Memory (2008) and Forgiveness and Remembrance: Remembering Wrongdoing in Personal and Public Life (2014).

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