Jeffrie G. Murphy
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Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits
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2003
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10 editions
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Forgiveness and Mercy
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published
1988
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7 editions
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Philosophy Of Law: An Introduction To Jurisprudence (Dimensions of Philosophy Series)
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published
1989
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11 editions
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PUNISHMENT AND REHABILITATION
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published
1973
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7 editions
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Kant: The Philosophy of Right
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published
1970
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6 editions
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Evolution, Morality, and the Meaning of Life
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1982
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2 editions
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KANT: The Philosophy of Right, Philosophers in Perspective
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An introduction to moral and social philosophy;: Basic readings in theory and practice
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1973
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Retribution Reconsidered: More Essays in the Philosophy of Law (Philosophical Studies Series, 54)
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published
1992
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4 editions
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Character, Liberty and Law: Kantian Essays in Theory and Practice (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 3)
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1998
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6 editions
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“It is not unreasonable to want repentance from a wrongdoer before forgiving that wrongdoer, since, in the absence of repentance, hasty forgiveness may harm both the forgiver and the wrongdoer. The forgiver may be harmed by a failure to show self-respect. The wrongdoer may be harmed by being deprived of an important incentive - the desire to be forgiven - that could move him toward repentance and moral rebirth.”
― Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits
― Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits
“One great help here - and I make no claim that it is the only help or even a necessary condition for forgiveness - is sincere repentance on the part of the wrongdoer. When I am wronged by another, a great part of the injury - over and above any physical harm I may suffer - is the insulting or degrading message that has been given to me by the wrongdoer: the message that I am less worthy than he is, so unworthy that he may use me merely as a means or object in service to his desires and projects. Thus failing to resent(or hastily forgiving) the wrongdoer runs the risk that I am endorsing that very immoral message for which the wrongdoer stands. If the wrongdoer sincerely repents, however, he now joins me in repundiating the degrading and insulting message - allowing me to relate to him (his new self) as an equal without fear that a failure to resent him will be read as a failure to resent what he hs done.”
― Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits
― Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits
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