{"product_id":"holding-wrongdoers-responsible-paperback-softback","title":"Holding Wrongdoers Responsible - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHolding Wrongdoers Responsible\u003c\/em\u003e contests a number of widely accepted claims about blame and forgiveness that are insufficiently examined in the philosophical literature, and their relationship to each other. These claims are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ei\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eAnger is the most fitting kind of blame for those who are guilty of wrongdoing.\u003cbr\u003eii\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eCulpable wrongdoers should be blamed for what they have done.\u003cbr\u003eiii\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eForgiving consists of renouncing blame and blame feelings, especially angry ones.\u003cbr\u003eiv\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eForgiving is a kind and compassionate act for which a wrongdoer should be grateful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst (i), the book argues that there are a number of reasons why we should be skeptical about the singular importance given to anger in this connection; against (ii), that blame is just one possible response to wrongdoing and, like other responses, has to be evaluated in relation to its purposes and the available alternatives; against (iii), that the continuation of blame after forgiveness is neither conceptually nor morally ruled out; and against (iv), that the image of forgiveness as benevolent and gift-like belies its dark side. By contesting these claims, the book reveals some of the moral and psychological complexities of these phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45601171636462,"sku":"9781032139470","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/holding-wrongdoers-responsible-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}