ATS2875 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Irreversible Process
7 Oct 2018
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Wrongdoing and forgiveness: kant tied retribution into the framework of the moral law by arguing that the desire for retribution arises from the perception that one"s right have been violated. Kant"s view belong to us in virtue of our rational nature: as a consequence we out to punish the wrongdoer for his wilful disregard for us as ends in ourselves. Forgiveness may involve a forgoing of punishment but that does not constitute forgiveness as such. Forgiveness is misunderstood if it is taken to involve an excusing of the wronged party. There is no point in seeing that justice be done when there has been not an act of injustice but a happening over which the person has no control. Forgiveness requires the wrong not be disregarded, overlooked or dismissed: typically an act of wrongdoing brings about distancing of the wrongdoer from the one he has harmed.
