We live in a punitive society.

But philosophical interest in forgiveness has seen a resurgence. In this book, some of the world's leading philosophers present twelve entirely new essays on forgiveness. While all the contributions address core questions about the nature and norms of forgiveness, they also collectively break new ground by raising entirely new questions, offering original proposals and arguments, and making connections to the topics of free will, moral responsibility, collective wrongdoing, apology, religion, and our emotions.

With essays by:

David Shoemaker

Glen Pettigrove

Derk Pereboom

Ishtiyaque Haji

Richard Swinburne

Angela M. Smith

Eleonore Stump

Eve Garrard and David McNaughton

Margaret Holmgren

Christine Swanton

Lucy Allais

Richard Arneson