{"product_id":"holding-wrongdoers-responsible-1","title":"Holding Wrongdoers Responsible","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 Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54237919871320,"sku":"9781032139456","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032139456_8d31469b-9f35-4a57-9051-a21385653e88.jpg?v=1769023828","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/holding-wrongdoers-responsible-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}