Perdono e pena. Note minime

Marco Q. Silvi217-243

Abstract: Forgiveness and Punishment. Minimum Remarks

I intend to propose a (minimal) concept of forgiveness, neutral from an evaluative point of view, in order to investigate and illuminate the conditions that make logically possible the various policies of forgiveness – i.e. those conceptions of forgiveness that seek to argue whether and within what limits the forgiveness has a place in criminal justice. In detail, assuming the concept of forgiveness as a performative act, I investigate: (i) the structural relations between forgiveness and punishment, and (ii) the aspects inherent in the purposes we can pursue with such an act, and that can justify the policies of forgiveness.

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