Is Forgiveness the Deliberate Refusal to Punish?

Journal of Moral Philosophy 8 (4):613-620 (2011)
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In his paper, “The Paradox of Forgiveness“ (this Journal 6 (2009), p. 365-393), Leo Zaibert defends the novel and interesting claim that to forgive is deliberately to refuse to punish. I argue that this is mistaken

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What is involved in forgiving?Paul M. Hughes - 1997 - Philosophia 25 (1-4):33-49.
What is involved in forgiving?Paul M. Hughes - 1993 - Journal of Value Inquiry 27 (3-4):331-340.

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