Ethical Aspects of Self-Forgiveness
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Espen Gamlund
Abstract
In this paper, I discuss some central ethical aspects of self-forgiveness. A first comparison is made between interpersonal forgiveness and self-forgiveness. It would seem that self-forgiveness follows much of the same structure as interpersonal forgiveness, although with some exceptions. One noticeable difference is that with self-forgiveness, the forgiver and forgiven is one and the same person. The main ethical question discussed is when self-forgiveness is morally permissible. I argue that self-forgiveness is only morally permissible when the wrongdoer acknowledges wrongdoing and display genuine repentance. He must also, insofar as possible, ask the victim for forgiveness before contemplating self-forgiveness.
© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Reinstating Reflection: The Dialectic of Conscience within Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
- The Existence and Reality of Negative Facts
- The Subjective Experience of Poverty
- Diagnostic Preliminaries to Applying a Theory of Decision
- On the Possibility of Realist Dialetheism
- The Meaning of “Meaning” from a Hermeneutic Point of View
- Ethical Aspects of Self-Forgiveness
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Reinstating Reflection: The Dialectic of Conscience within Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
- The Existence and Reality of Negative Facts
- The Subjective Experience of Poverty
- Diagnostic Preliminaries to Applying a Theory of Decision
- On the Possibility of Realist Dialetheism
- The Meaning of “Meaning” from a Hermeneutic Point of View
- Ethical Aspects of Self-Forgiveness
