All Outputs (3)

Forgiveness and Ageing (2022)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2022). Forgiveness and Ageing. In C. Wareham (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Ethics of Ageing (146-160). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108861168.012

Ought ageing people sometimes to be prepared to forgive old offences that it would not have been (so) appropriate for them to have forgiven at an earlier date? The question is tackled in the framework of a narrative conception of human life that focu... Read More about Forgiveness and Ageing.

Who Is Entitled to Forgive? A Study of ‘Third-Party’ and ‘Proxy’ Forgiveness (2022)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2022). Who Is Entitled to Forgive? A Study of ‘Third-Party’ and ‘Proxy’ Forgiveness. In P. Satne, & K. M. Scheiter (Eds.), Conflict and Resolution: The Ethics of Forgiveness, Revenge, and Punishment (207-222). (1). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77807-1_11

Is it ever admissible for a ‘third party’ to grant forgiveness to an offender for an injury committed against another person? A distinction should be drawn between cases in which someone offers her own forgiveness to an offender for an injury inflict... Read More about Who Is Entitled to Forgive? A Study of ‘Third-Party’ and ‘Proxy’ Forgiveness.

Killing swiftly: The effects of COVID-19 on the experience of the elderly (2022)
Book Chapter
Scarre, G. (2022). Killing swiftly: The effects of COVID-19 on the experience of the elderly. In I. Gammel, & J. Wang (Eds.), Creative Resilience and COVID-19 (61-69). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003213536-8

This essay discusses the increase in the sense of vulnerability that many older people felt with the onset of COVID-19, which reverses the sense of security in old age which has been developing over recent decades. Pascal Bruckner’s book A Brief Eter... Read More about Killing swiftly: The effects of COVID-19 on the experience of the elderly.