Rethinking third-party forgiveness in the digital age

• Main Author: John Pravin S/O Kanesan
• Other Authors: Christina Chuang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Forgiveness; Third-parties; Digital age
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174497
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper challenges the view that third-parties have the standing to forgive. Proponents of third-party forgiveness attack a victim’s exclusive right to forgive by making arguments showcasing the communal impacts of wrongs and claiming that individuals have the ability to share moral solidarity wi...