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The limits of forgiveness
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52 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2022
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Description
Sean Illing talks with philosopher Lucy Allais about the nature, power, and limits of forgiveness. They talk about the role of forgiveness in the dissolution of apartheid in Allais's native South Africa, the distinction between forgiveness and punishment, and the prospect of using forgiveness as a political tool in order to move forward as a polarized democracy.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox
Guest: Lucy Allais, professor of philosophy, University of Witwatersrand and Johns Hopkins University
References:
"Elective Forgiveness" by Lucy Allais (International Journal of Philosophical Studies, v. 21 (5); 2013)
"Forgiveness and Mercy" by Lucy Allais (South African Journal of Philosophy, v. 27 (1); 2008)
"Forgiveness and Meaning in Life" by Lucy Allais, in The Oxford Handbook of Meaning in Life, ed. Iddo Landau (Oxford University Press; 2022)
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This episode was made by:
Producer: Erikk Geannikis
Editor: Amy Drozdowska
Engineer: Sofi LaLonde
Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall
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Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox
Guest: Lucy Allais, professor of philosophy, University of Witwatersrand and Johns Hopkins University
References:
"Elective Forgiveness" by Lucy Allais (International Journal of Philosophical Studies, v. 21 (5); 2013)
"Forgiveness and Mercy" by Lucy Allais (South African Journal of Philosophy, v. 27 (1); 2008)
"Forgiveness and Meaning in Life" by Lucy Allais, in The Oxford Handbook of Meaning in Life, ed. Iddo Landau (Oxford University Press; 2022)
Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
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Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
This episode was made by:
Producer: Erikk Geannikis
Editor: Amy Drozdowska
Engineer: Sofi LaLonde
Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall
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Released:
Mar 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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