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dc.contributor.authorSatne, Paula
dc.contributor.editorSatne, Paula
dc.contributor.editorScheiter, Krisanna
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-25T09:46:27Z
dc.date.available2022-05-25T09:46:27Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-06
dc.identifier.citationSatne, P. (2022). Remembrance Beyond Forgiveness. In: Satne, P., Scheiter, K.M. (eds) Conflict and Resolution: The Ethics of Forgiveness, Revenge, and Punishment. Springer, Cham, pp. 301–327. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77807-1_16en
dc.identifier.isbn9783030778064en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-77807-1_16en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/624770
dc.description© 2022 The Author. This is an open access book chapter available under a Creative Commons licence, published by Springer in Satne, P., Scheiter, K.M. (eds.) Conflict and Resolution: The Ethics of Forgiveness, Revenge, and Punishment: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77807-1_16en
dc.description.abstractI argue that political forgiveness is sometimes, but not always, compatible with public commemoration of politically motivated wrongdoing. I start by endorsing the claim that commemorating serious past wrongdoing has moral value and imposes moral demands on key actors within post-conflict societies. I am concerned with active commemoration, that is, the deliberate acts of bringing victims and the wrong done to them to public attention. The main issue is whether political forgiveness requires forgetting and conversely whether remembrance can be an impediment to political forgiveness. The notion of political forgiveness, its definition, very possibility and desirability are contentious issues in the contemporary literature. I develop a multidimensional account of political forgiveness with a core element. The core element of political forgiveness involves taking a non-adversarial stance towards perpetrators in the sense of committing to stop holding their wrongdoing against them. The core element of forgiveness is usually combined with other attitudes and practices, which are appropriate depending on the circumstances. This is due to the fact that there are different ways of holding a wrong against an offender. I argue that forgiving perpetrators is not compatible with continue to punishing them, refusing to reconcile with them, and/or reminding them of their misdeed if perpetrators refuse to accept punishment, deny the importance of commemorating the past or wish to reconcile against the victim’s desires. I show that some forms of political forgiveness are not morally legitimate because they conflict with moral demands to punish perpetrators, commemorate atrocities and respect victims. This conclusion is less alarming than it might initially seem because the refusal to forgive politically motivated wrongdoing does not necessarily lead to the perpetuation of violence and conflict. I briefly draw on the example of Argentina in order to show how some forms of political un-forgiveness can be morally legitimate and effective ways for victims to uphold these demands.en
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dc.relation.urlhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-77807-1_16en
dc.subjectatrocityen
dc.subjectcommemorationen
dc.subjectjusticeen
dc.subjectmemoryen
dc.subjectpolitical forgivenessen
dc.subjectrefusal to forgiveen
dc.titleRemembrance beyond forgivenessen
dc.typeChapter in booken
dc.date.updated2022-05-24T11:59:29Z
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW25052022PSen
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rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-05-25en
dc.source.booktitleConflict and Resolution: The Ethics of Forgiveness, Revenge, and Punishment
dc.source.beginpage301
dc.source.endpage327
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