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Forgive, Because You Were Forgiven

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Philosophical orthodoxy has it that forgiveness is always discretionary—a gift we are free to extend to those who wrong us, but one that we are never morally required to offer. I dispute this orthodoxy, arguing that forgiveness is sometimes obligatory, even though wrongdoers can never demand or otherwise extract it from us.
Abraham Mathew
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External‐World Skepticism and the New Ethics of Belief

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT External‐world skepticism challenges, among other things, the epistemic credentials of beliefs about other people. Some external‐world skeptics deny that I know my loved ones exist; some claim that my belief that my loved ones exist is epistemically impermissible. However, abandoning this belief would be highly unattractive.
James Fritz
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Dreams and Paintings: Descartes, Dream Skepticism, and the Constitution of Mental States

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary epistemologists typically read Descartes’ dream argument as an argument for external world skepticism. This paper argues that Descartes’ own development of the issues suggests otherwise and enquires into the reasons for this divergence.
Mario Schärli
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Romantic Domination

open access: yesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Romantic relationships between professors and students, between employers and employees, and between other partners at different points on an institutional hierarchy are widely regarded as morally troubling. Popular explanations as to why have appealed variously to violations of institutional duties, to the impossibility of sexual consent ...
Lucy McDonald
wiley   +1 more source

‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
wiley   +1 more source

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