Balancing Justice and Mercy

The concept of forgiveness is analyzed as a moral gesture toward the offender designed to help restore that individual's moral standing. Jewish sources on the conditions under which forgiveness is obligatory are explored and two contrasting positions are presented: one in which the obligation t...

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Main Author: Newman, Louis E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 435-456
Further subjects:B Justice
B Forgiveness
B Jewish Theology
B Social Order
B Mercy
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