Perdón, impunidad y el difícil concierto de deberes

Translated title of the contribution: Forgiveness, impunity and the difficult harmony of duties

Franklin Ibáñez

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Abstract

Is forgiving a duty? Not if it means to remit debts or rightful penalties. Instead, if pardoning denotes to cultivate a merciful character, oriented to cancel hate and rancor towards someone who has harmed us, it is possible to justify such attitude as a duty from the Kantian moral system. In the framework of “Metaphysics of Morals”, forgiving might be considered an imperfect duty. In this sense, it might be compatible with other duties, perfect and imperfect, such as enforcing justice or collaborating with that compliance. Distinguishing among forgiveness and impunity is a fundamental task in the context of transitional justice. This paper holds that forgiving is a duty that does not contradict justice. © 2019 CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. All rights reserved.
Translated title of the contributionForgiveness, impunity and the difficult harmony of duties
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)238-251
Number of pages14
JournalCon-textos Kantianos
Volume2019
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Forgiveness
  • Imperfect duties
  • Impunity
  • Metaphysics of Morals
  • Perfect duties

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