Ethical Aspects of Self-Forgiveness

SATS ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Espen Gamlund
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Question ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Self Forgiveness

AbstractIn 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.

Social support mediates the effect of forgiveness on subjective wellbeing in college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Junxiao Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Self Forgiveness ◽  
Social Support Scale ◽  
The Relationship

I explored the relationship between forgiveness and subjective well-being (SWB), and the mediating effect of social support in this relationship. Participants were 443 college students from Henan, China, who completed the Heartland Forgiveness Scale, Perceived Social Support Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. The results show that both interpersonal forgiveness and self-forgiveness were significantly correlated with SWB. Moreover, social support partially mediated the effects of both self-forgiveness and interpersonal forgiveness on SWB. These findings extend prior research and elucidate how forgiveness can influence SWB in college students.

scholarly journals Self-forgiveness in romantic relationships: 2. Impact on interpersonal forgiveness

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Pelucchi ◽  
F. Giorgia Paleari ◽  
Camillo Regalia ◽  
Frank D. Fincham
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Self Forgiveness

Love's Forgiveness

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Lippitt
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Character Trait ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Philosophy Of Love ◽  
Self Forgiveness ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Dead Man

This book combines a discussion of the nature and ethics of forgiveness with a discussion—inspired by Kierkegaard—of the implications of considering interpersonal forgiveness as a ‘work of love’. It introduces the reader to some key questions that have exercised recent philosophers of forgiveness, discussing the relationship between forgiveness and an extended notion of resentment; considering whether forgiveness should be ‘conditional’ or ‘unconditional’ (showcasing a particular understanding of the latter); and arguing that there are legitimate forms of ‘third party’ forgiveness. It then introduces the idea of forgiveness as a work of love through a discussion of Kierkegaard, key New Testament passages on forgiveness, and some contemporary work on the philosophy of love. Drawing on both philosophy and the New Testament, it offers an understanding of forgiveness that incorporates both agapic love and a proper concern for justice. It explores religious and secular uses of key metaphors for forgiveness, and the idea of ‘forgivingness’ as a character trait, suggesting that seeking to correct for various cognitive biases is key to the development of such a virtue, and connecting it to other putative virtues, such as humility and hope. It draws on both Kierkegaard’s ‘discourse literature’ and contemporary philosophical work on these latter characteristics, before turning to a discussion of the nature of self-forgiveness. Throughout the book, the philosophical and theological literature is rooted in a discussion of various ‘forgiveness narratives’, including Prejean’s Dead Man Walking, Elva and Stranger’s South of Forgiveness, and McEwan’s Atonement.

Kierkegaard and forgiveness

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-104
Author(s):  
John Lippitt
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Romantic Love ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Self Forgiveness ◽  
Works Of Love ◽  
Epistemic Standards ◽  
Divine Forgiveness

This chapter introduces Kierkegaard’s contribution to the debate about forgiveness. The first part gives an overview of his explicit accounts of forgiveness, focusing upon the divine forgiveness of sins and its implications for interpersonal (human) forgiveness and self-forgiveness. This incorporates discussion of some key New Testament passages on forgiveness. The second part explores what difference is made by understanding interpersonal forgiveness as a ‘work of love’. Against the objection that ‘love’s vision’ involves wilful blindness, it is argued (drawing on both Kierkegaard and Troy Jollimore) that love has its own epistemic standards and that Jollimore’s claims about romantic love and friendship can in the relevant respects be extended to the case of agapic neighbour-love. In developing this view—which is seen as echoing important themes in Kierkegaard’s Works of Love—the importance of understanding ‘love’s forgiveness’ in the light of other virtues, especially hope and humility, begins to be shown.

scholarly journals Right and Wrong in the Conduct of Science

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-43
Author(s):  
Mukunda P Das ◽  
Frederick Green
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Ethical Question ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Collective Enterprise

Science, in particular physics, is a collective enterprise and is so because it is, itself, a fruit of the exquisitely social nature of human living. So it is inevitable to encounter ethical issues in the natural sciences, since the contest of differing interests and views is perennial in its practice, indeed essential to its momentum. The crucial ethical question always hangs in the air: How is the truth best served? In this paper we describe some ethical aspects of our own discipline of science: their cultural context and the bounds which they delineate for themselves, sometimes in transgression. We argue that the minimalist ethic espoused in science, namely loyalty to truth, is a bellwether for the much wider, more problematic, and more vital consequences of ethics – and its failure – in human relationships at large.

scholarly journals Ethical aspects of the mitigation obstruction argument against climate engineering research

2014 ◽  
Vol 372 (2031) ◽  
pp. 20140062 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Moral Hazard ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Ethical Question ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Climate Engineering ◽  
Precautionary Approach ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Moral Hazard Problem ◽  
Ethical Perspectives

Many commentators fear that climate engineering research might lead policy-makers to reduce mitigation efforts. Most of the literature on this so-called ‘moral hazard’ problem focuses on the prediction that climate engineering research would reduce mitigation efforts. This paper focuses on a related ethical question: Why would it be a bad thing if climate engineering research obstructed mitigation? If climate engineering promises to be effective enough, it might justify some reduction in mitigation. Climate policy portfolios involving sufficiently large or poorly planned reductions in mitigation, however, could lead to an outcome that would be worse than the portfolio that would be chosen in the absence of further climate engineering research. This paper applies three ethical perspectives to describe the kinds of portfolios that would be worse than that ‘baseline portfolio’. The literature on climate engineering identifies various mechanisms that might cause policy-makers to choose these inferior portfolios, but it is difficult to know in advance whether the existence of these mechanisms means that climate engineering research really would lead to a worse outcome. In the light of that uncertainty, a precautionary approach suggests that researchers should take measures to reduce the risk of mitigation obstruction. Several such measures are suggested.

scholarly journals The role of (self-)forgiveness in restorative justice: Linking restorative justice to desistance

2020 ◽  
pp. 147737081989595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Suzuki ◽  
Tamera Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Interpersonal Forgiveness ◽  
Self Forgiveness

The role of forgiveness in restorative justice (RJ) remains peripheral because interpersonal forgiveness has been considered a ‘gift’ that should not be forced on victims in RJ. In this article, we aim to advance the role of forgiveness in RJ. However, we do not focus on interpersonal forgiveness. We instead focus on another dimension of forgiveness: self-forgiveness for offenders. Because self-forgiveness is linked with both RJ and desistance, self-forgiveness has the potential to function as a catalyst to connect RJ with desistance. Drawing on their relationship, we offer a process-based model of how offenders may or may not desist through RJ. We conclude by offering implications for research on RJ.

scholarly journals Ethical aspects considered by researchers who use qualitative approaches in health

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Everardo Duarte Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Question ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Philosophical Viewpoint

The paper first analyzes the ethical question of qualitative researches from the philosophical viewpoint, and the bioethical question as an interdisciplinary gap that enlarges from the seventies. Afterwards, the question on qualitative research considered as technique and art is raised and understood in a philosophical way of thinking science as a theoretical body, which is epistemically organized in the face of the social reality investigation, and as a movement instituted to defend and discuss the properties of these methodologies. Anthropology is used as an example, and some parts of the codes of professional ethics of anthropology, sociology and psychology are presented. Finally, particularities of the social science fields are discussed, as well as the need to develop a code of ethics for qualitative research. In addition, ethical ways to work in social researches are suggested.

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