Abstract:

The world appears to be increasingly polarized along ideological lines as intractable political and other forms of disagreement shape the contours of our everyday lives. When wrongs occur in this environment, personal relationships can fracture, and forgiveness can be hard to achieve. What is required to forgive in these circumstances? In this workshop, I will look at the psychological conditions encountered by one who wants to forgive in environments of deep disagreement. I aim to outline a virtue-based account of forgiveness and address objections raised by Pamela Hieronymi concerning the virtues that are required to forgive.

About the Speaker:
Prof Carl Hildebrand
Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit, SClinMed;
Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law
HKU

Prof Hildebrand is Research Fellow at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, as well as Assistant Professor at Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. His research engages questions at the intersection of ethics, moral psychology, and the history of philosophy. His current research focuses on the role of sympathy in Immanuel Kant’s conception of moral character and the good life, and he is working on a project on the philosophy of forgiveness funded by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong.

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