Guilt, Atonement, and Forgiveness (2024)

Guilt, Atonement, and Forgiveness (1) Responsibility and Atonement

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1989

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9780191598555

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9780198248491

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Richard Swinburne

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73–92

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    June 1989

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Swinburne, Richard, 'Guilt, Atonement, and Forgiveness', Responsibility and Atonement (Oxford, 1989; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Nov. 2003), https://doi.org/10.1093/0198248490.003.0006, accessed 10 Jan. 2024.

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Abstract

In doing a wrong action, an agent acquires guilt, subjective, or objective; guilt is to be distinguished from shame (as merit is to be distinguished from pride). A wrongdoer must deal with his guilt by making atonement—i.e. by repentance and apology to the victim, and (often also) by making reparation and penance. It is good (though not obligatory) for the victim to forgive a wrongdoer who has made some atonement, and that removes his guilt; but if the victim refuses to forgive despite substantial atonement, the wrongdoer's guilt disappears anyway. We have some responsibility to help others of our community to deal with their guilt—by encouraging them to apologize, and by helping them to make reparation—but we are not guilty for the wrong acts of anyone else.

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