TRUTH, UNDERSTANDING, AND REPAIR

Dukes argues that the quest for truth, understanding, and victim-defined repair present more appropriate vehicles for addressing certain cases of severe injustice than might a focus upon apology and forgiveness. In his work, he helps construct conversations among people who often have different and...

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Published in:Law and contemporary problems 2009-04, Vol.72 (2), p.57-61
Main Author: Dukes, E. Franklin
Format: Article
Language:English
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Acknowledgments
Apologies
Apologizing
Brudholm, Thomas
Communities
Conflict resolution
Courthouses
Credibility
Ecological sustainability
Ethics
Evaluation
Forgiveness
Hatred
Human relations
Influence
Morality
Prejudice
Procedural justice
Reconciliation
Rosoux, Valerie
Truth
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Summary:Dukes argues that the quest for truth, understanding, and victim-defined repair present more appropriate vehicles for addressing certain cases of severe injustice than might a focus upon apology and forgiveness. In his work, he helps construct conversations among people who often have different and conflicting interests, such that they may gain knowledge--knowledge about one another, about their relationships, and about the issues at stake. He acknowledges that he does focus on helping to build resilient and sustainable communities, but he also insists that productive resolution of some problems can happen in spite of, even because of, the lack of full reconciliation, including forgiveness, in social relationships.
ISSN:0023-9186
1945-2322