Wednesday 15 July 2015

Reconciliation and Forgiveness

During 3-4 June 2015, the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, the University of Helsinki, the Academy of Finland, and the Philosophical Society of Finland co-organized an international symposium with the title 'Reconciliation and Forgiveness'.





Speakers of the symposium included Martha Nussbaum, who talked on "Anger and Revolutionary Justice".





Another international guest was Avishai Margalit, who has, among many other things, written with Axel Honneth on recognition. This time his topic was "The Sovereignity of Forgiveness".



Lunchtime during the symposium


Speakers of the symposium also included Risto Saarinen and Sami Pihlström from our CoE. Saarinen spoke on "Confession and Forgiveness as Self-Recognition in Calvin", and Pihlström on "Forgiving God vs. Forgiving Human Beings". Fuller information on the event and its programme can be found under this link.