Just war

  • Forgiving and Politics

    Politics, forgiving and forgiveable Politics and forgiving! Forgiving in politics! Politics as forgiveness! Are not such ideas laughable, evidence of ignorant amateurism? Some resign themselves to sad realism: regretfully, they accept that forgiving and politics do not mix. Yet, despite its plausibility, this conclusion is wrong. The human task, the calling to live well, requires…