Moral Psychology of Forgiveness

Kathryn J. Norlock is Professor of Philosophy and the Kenneth Mark Drain Chair in Ethics at Trent University. She is the author of Forgiveness from a Feminist Perspective (2009) and co-editor of Evil, Political Violence, and Forgiveness (2009).

• Introduction: The Challenges of Forgiveness in Context Kathryn J. Norlock / 1. Intersubjectivity and Embodiment: Exploring the Role of the Maternal in the Language of Forgiveness and Reconciliation Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela / 2.What Victims Say and How They Say it Matters: Effects of Victims’ Post-Transgression Responses and Form of Communication on Transgressors’ Apologies C. Ward Struthers, Joshua Guilfoyle, Careen Khoury, Elizabeth van Monsjou, Joni Sasaki, Curtis Phills, Rebecca Young, and Zdravko Marjanovic / 3. An Aristotelian Perspective on Forgiveness Education in Contentious World Regions Robert D. Enright and Mary Jacqueline Song / 4. Forgiveness, Exemplars, and the Oppressed Myisha Cherry / 5.Resentment, Punitiveness, and Forgiveness: Criminal Sanction and Civil Society, by Jonathan Jacobs / 6. Once More With Feeling: Defending the Goodwill Account of Forgiveness, David McNaughton and Eve Garrard / 7. Forgiveness and Reconciliation Barrett Emerick / 8. In Defense of Third-Party Forgiveness Alice MacL

The Moral Psychology of Forgiveness is a welcome addition to the philosophical and psychological literature on forgiveness. It considers the nature of forgiveness, the norms that govern it, and the means to facilitate it in difficult social contexts. Both those coming to the topic for the first time and those already expert in the field will find much to appreciate.