8 The grounding of forgiveness: Martha Nussbaum on compassion and mercy.(Part II. Stopping the Violence: Modes of Response)(Report): An article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology

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From the author: In several works, but most notably in Upheavals of Thought, Martha Nussbaum has analyzed the conditions for the occurrence of compassion. She has also subjected her largely Aristotelian analysis of compassion to a Stoic-inspired critique. This paper will reconstruct Nussbaum's analysis, critique, and defense of compassion. I will then extend Nussbaum's analysis to argue how a forgiveness rooted in compassion, rather than mercy, might be possible. The city of Hiroshima's dedication to worldwide peace in the aftermath of nuclear horror is used to illustrate a compassion-based forgiveness.

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Title: 8 The grounding of forgiveness: Martha Nussbaum on compassion and mercy.(Part II. Stopping the Violence: Modes of Response)(Report)
Author: Paul Gallagher
Publication:The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 68 Issue: 1 Page: 231(22)

Article Type: Report

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