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Vladimir Jankelevitch and the Question of Forgiveness (Hardcover)
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Vladimir Jankelevitch and the Question of Forgiveness (Hardcover)
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The essays focus on the work of Vladimir Jankelevitch as a moral
philosopher, particularly that aspect of his work dealing with the
question of forgiveness. They treat topics such as the place of
moral philosophy in relation to his work as a whole, his
relationship to contemporary French thought, and the backgrounds of
classical Judaic tradition and world literature. The centerpiece of
this tableau is Jankelevitch's book Le Pardon (Forgiveness). Chief
among the distinguishing characteristics is its rigorous defense of
what might be termed a forgiveness free of the entanglements that
taint the common understanding of forgiveness-what Jankelevitch
refers to as pseudo-forgiveness. The advocacy of forgiveness in the
name of political or social expediency, as well as the
psychological benefit for the victim, are similarly repudiated. In
their place, Jankelevitch substitutes a radical forgiveness that is
"initial, sudden, spontaneous"-not able to erase the past, but able
to create a new future and, thereby, a new relationship to the
past. He does not permit even this future, however, to serve as
forgiveness's justification. For him, beyond all justifications,
beyond justice itself, forgiveness is a gift akin to love.
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