Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better
Schedule
Wed May 22 2024 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm
Location
Stanford Law School | Stanford, CA
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How should we recover from wrongdoing? Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds. In Failures of Forgiveness, Myisha Cherry argues that these beliefs couldn’t be more wrong—and that the ways we think about and use forgiveness, personally and as a society, can often do more harm than good. She presents a new understanding of forgiveness—one that moves us toward “radical repair.”Cherry began exploring forgiveness after some relatives of the victims of the mass shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, forgave what seemed unforgivable. She was troubled that many observers appeared to be more inspired by these acts of forgiveness than they were motivated to confront the racial hatred that led to the killings. We can forgive and still be angry; there can be good reasons not to forgive, and forgiving a wrong without tackling its roots solves nothing. Examining how forgiveness can go wrong in families, between friends, at work, and in the media, politics, and beyond, Cherry addresses forgiveness and race, canceling versus forgiving, self-forgiveness, and more.
Myisha Cherry, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UC Riverside, and Director of the Emotion and Society Lab will be in conversation with Jennifer M. Morton, Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania and 2023-24 SAGE Sara Miller McCune Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University.
This free, public event is sponsored by the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University.
Please note that this event is in-person only, and RSVPs are requested to attend. Walk-ins are welcome.
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