Education for Self-Forgiveness as a Part of Education for Forgiveness

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ID11952207
AuthorsJarosław Horowski (0000-0002-6412-1544, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume55
Issue1
Pages126-142
Publication date2020-09-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1467-9752.12500
OpenAlexW3083992379
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited21

The analyses undertaken in this article refer to the harm experienced in close relationships, where the lack of forgiveness and the breakdown in the relationship can be a source of additional suffering for the victim. Referring to the discussion conducted in the Journal of Philosophy of Education in the years 2002–2003, I assume that one of the most difficult challenges for the injured individual is to determine whether change made by the perpetrator of evil encourages the individual to trust the perpetrator or whether forgiveness can actually be understood as consent to further harm. Another challenge is that the injured person must make a decision about forgiveness when s/he perceives change in the perpetrator if lack of forgiveness is not to become the cause of a definitive breakdown in the relationship. I propose the thesis that a person—by reference to acts of self-forgiveness—can learn to identify the moment when forgiveness is possible and necessary. After explaining what self-forgiveness is, what act it relates to and what its moral value is, I show how self-forgiveness and reflection on the process of self-forgiveness can benefit education for forgiveness of another person

Forgiveness · Harm · Value (mathematics · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Social Psychology

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