dc.contributor.author | Formosa, James Paul Daniel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-24T14:20:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-24T14:20:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/60776 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis, I argue in favour of the moral significance of an essentialist account of forgiveness. In chapter two, I analyse the emergence of this view – which defines forgiveness as the rational foreswearing of resentment – and how it has been used to differentiate between forgiveness and other moral activities. In chapter three, I contrast this with a non-essentialist perspective to uncover both the moral and instrumental aims of forgiveness. In chapter four, I examine views which have incorporated these aims in order to posit that no moral agent should be regarded as absolutely unforgivable in principle. Next, in chapter five, I provide an alternative conception of the value of respect for persons to demonstrate how our foundational moral commitments demand absolute unforgivability in some cases of wrongdoing, such as murder. I conclude in chapter six with a discussion of how this account should inform moral deliberations for dyadic cases of wrongdoing, and I suggest where and how it should be implemented in polyadic cases and in the context of a more thoroughgoing ethical project. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | ethics | en_US |
dc.subject | moral emotions | en_US |
dc.subject | forgiveness | en_US |
dc.subject | resentment | en_US |
dc.title | The Unforgiven and the Unforgivable: On the Nature and Limits of Forgiveness | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2015-08-14 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Letitia Meynell | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Chike Jeffers | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Duncan MacIntosh | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Greg Scherkoske | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |