What does it mean to forgive? Should we always forgive? If so, who? What is the relation if any between forgiveness and the good life? We examine the nature of forgiveness, and its links to revenge, pardon, mercy, atonement, healing, happiness and flourishing.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
• Seneca, De Clementia, (On Mercy)
• Seneca, De Ira, (On Anger)
• Kant, Immanuel, Lectures on Ethics, Eds. Jerome B. Schneewind and Peter Heath
• Arendt, Hannah, The Human Condition
• Fricke, Christel (ed.), The Ethics of Forgiveness
• Murphy, Jeffrie G. & Jean Hampton, Forgiveness and Mercy
• Nussbaum, Martha, Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice
• Pettigrove, Glen, Forgiveness and Love
• Swinburne, Richard, Responsibility and Atonement

COURSE OUTLINE

• What is forgiveness?
• Forgiveness and revenge
• Forgiveness and pardon
• Forgiveness healing and a fully flourishing human life?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand and explain the nature of forgiveness
2. Understand and explain the relation between forgiveness and pardon
3. Understand and explain the relation between forgiveness and revenge
4. Understand and explain the relation between forgiveness and flourishing