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July 01, 2009

Forgiveness

I have just posted a new paper in which I try to develop a Thomistic account of interpersonal forgiveness.  Aruging that forgiveness is the form love takes on the part of a person who has been offended, I resist the claims of those who would assimilate forgiveness to a conditional act such as reconciliation.  My account of forgiveness begins in natural human teleology and proceeds to consider what grace adds in terms of our ability to love ourselves and then our offenders. Comments would be welcome.

Posted by Patrick Brennan on July 1, 2009 at 04:30 PM in Brennan, Patrick | Permalink

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