Forgiveness

== Unapologetic forgiveness ==
To be unapologetic is to refuse to apologize for or even recognize wrongdoings. "[T]he relationship between apologies and the adjectives 'apologetic' and 'unapologetic' is not quite so straightforward."<ref name="Glen. 2012">{{Cite book|title=Forgiveness and love|first=Glen|last=Pettigrove|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780191654855|location=Oxford|oclc=810531587}}</ref> Choosing to forgive someone or not correlates with whether or not that person is truly sorry for their actions.<ref name=Pettigrove2004>{{cite journal|last=Pettigrove|first=Glen|title=Unapologetic Forgiveness|date=July 2004|journal=American Philosophical Quarterly|volume=41|number=3|pages=187–204|jstor=20010156}}</ref> Forgiving a person who does not seem remorseful for their actions can be difficult, but may loosen the grip the person has over you. [[Intrusive thought]]s can cause the person who wants to forgive to have feelings of low self-worth, and to endure a traumatic phase due to that person's actions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Forgiveness: Letting go of grudges and bitterness |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/forgiveness/art-20047692|date=2022-11-22 |website=Mayo Clinic |publisher=Mayo Clinic Staff}}</ref> Going through a negative experience can cause long term trauma. A person may benefit from letting go and accepting what has happened.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Beata|last=Souders|date=2019-08-13|title=Why is Forgiveness Important?|url=https://positivepsychology.com/why-is-forgiveness-important/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=PositivePsychology.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Letting go does not erase what the person did, but forgiveness can lead to inner-peace from the lack of negative emotion within. Despite the other person not apologizing sincerely, forgiving them may be the solution to problems and result in loving one's self.{{r|Pettigrove2004}}

[[Jean Hampton]] sees the decision to forgive the unrepentant wrongdoer as expressing a commitment "to see a wrongdoer in a new, more favorable light" as one who is not completely rotten or morally dead.<ref name="Glen. 2012"/>

=== Character retributivism ===
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# Forgiveness could be offered only at significant temporal remove from the wrongdoing.
# The enforcement of justice, at least with regard to punishing or rewarding, falls outside the purview of personal forgiveness.
# Forgiveness operates at a different level than justice.<ref name="Glen. 2012"/>