In this lecture, Lucy Allais considers the reasons philosophers have given for thinking that forgiveness is puzzling, and argue that they are key to understanding why we need it – but also why we don’t always have to forgive. Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series  2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.

The London Lecture Series

The Royal Institute of Philosophy

Forgiveness: Do we need it? - Lucy Allais

MAR 12, 202588 MIN
The London Lecture Series

Forgiveness: Do we need it? - Lucy Allais

MAR 12, 202588 MIN

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In this lecture, Lucy Allais considers the reasons philosophers have given for thinking that forgiveness is puzzling, and argue that they are key to understanding why we need it – but also why we don’t always have to forgive.

Part of TRIP's London Lecture Series  2024-25, on Remembering and Forgetting.