Re-imagining Restorative Justice
The Value of Forgiveness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23028222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myra N Blyth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-78 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-0770 • E-ISSN: 2047-0789 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ojlr/rwv036 |
| OpenAlex | W2305700170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article argues that forgiveness can enrich restorative justice processes, and responds to legitimate concerns and criticisms raised against this proposition. The first part proposes a broad definition of forgiveness, which is not restricted by apparently competing or mutually exclusive conceptions: forgiveness must be both interpersonal and intra-personal, both conditional and unconditional, both forward-looking and respectful of past trauma. The article then argues that the South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission showed that forgiveness may animate a process even when the word itself is not used to describe it. Additionally, a truly just and restorative process must have forgiveness at its heart, because justice is underpinned by a commitment to the interconnectedness of all human beings (the African concept of Ubuntu ).
Commission · Criminology · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Forgiveness · Interpersonal communication · Political science · Proposition · Restorative justice · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Forgiveness and Related Behaviors · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |