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The healing of nations : the promise and limits of political forgiveness /

How does one forgive an international political transgression as deep as genocide or apartheid? Forgiveness is often conceived of as an element of personal morality, and even at that it is difficult. This book argues that it is also an essential part of political ethics, especially when dealing with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amstutz, Mark R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2005]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Confronting human rights abuses : approaches to transitional justice
  • The nature and purpose of forgiveness
  • The possibility and promise of political forgiveness
  • Justice, reconciliation, and political forgiveness
  • Retributive justice and the limits of forgiveness in Argentina
  • The quest for reconciliation through truth telling in Chile
  • Intractable politics without truth or forgiveness : the case of Northern Ireland
  • The promise of reconciliation through truth and some forgiveness in South Africa
  • Conclusion: Toward a theory of political forgiveness.