Perdón, impunidad y el difícil concierto de deberes

Franklin Ibáñez

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3253095

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 contribution	Forgiveness, impunity and the difficult harmony of duties
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	238-251
Number of pages	14
Journal	Con-textos Kantianos
Volume	2019
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3253095
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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© 2019 CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. All rights reserved.

UN SDGs

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Forgiveness
Imperfect duties
Impunity
Metaphysics of Morals
Perfect duties

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Perdón, impunidad y el difícil concierto de deberes

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