| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Apologies as a source of moral meaning in modernity -- The meanings of apologies -- Elements of the categorical apology -- Corroborated factual record -- Acceptance of blame -- Distinguished from expression of sympathy -- Causation and moral responsibility -- Accidents and denials of intent -- Standing -- Identification of each harm -- Identification of the moral principles underlying each harm -- Endorsing moral principles underlying each harm -- Recognition of victim as moral interlocutor -- Categorical regret -- Performance of the apology -- Reform and redress -- Intentions for apologizing -- Emotions -- Apologies and gender -- Apologies in diverse religious and cultural traditions -- Unusual cases : apologizing to animals, infants, machines, the deceased, and -- Yourself -- The relationship between apologies and forgiveness -- Varieties of apologies -- Collective apologies -- The collective categorical apology -- The problem of consensus -- Issues specific to collective apologies -- Collectives corroborating factual records -- Collectives and blame -- Distinguished from collective expressions of sympathy -- Collective causation and collective moral responsibility -- Collective accidents and denials of intent -- Collectives, standing, and delegation -- Collectives identifying each harm -- Collectives identifying the moral principles underlying each harm -- Collectives endorsing moral principles underlying each harm -- Collectives recognizing victims as moral interlocutors -- Collectives and categorical regret -- Collectives performing apologies -- Collectives reforming and providing redress -- Collective intentions for apologizing -- Collective emotions -- Varieties of collective apologies -- Conclusion: Previewing apologies in law. |
| Summary |
I Was Wrong asks philosophical questions regarding the moral meaning of apologies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Apologizing.
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Apologizing. |
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Ethics.
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Ethics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Nick, 1972 January 14- I was wrong. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521865524 0521865522 (DLC) 2007031595 (OCoLC)163614056 |
| ISBN |
9780511394744 (electronic book) |
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0511394748 (electronic book) |
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0521865522 (Cloth) |
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9780521865524 (Cloth) |
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0521684234 (Paper) |
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9780521684231 (Paper) |
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0511394098 (electronic book) |
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9780511394096 (electronic book) |
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0511391986 (electronic book) |
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9780511391989 (electronic book) |
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9780511499258 (electronic book) |
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0511499256 (electronic book) |
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