Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
On Forgiveness
Richard Holloway · 2002
80/100
👍 Worth It
Richard Holloway brings genuine intellectual honesty to one of ethics' hardest questions, drawing on Derrida, Arendt, and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission without retreating into easy answers. At around 100 pages it punches well above its weight. Readers seeking faith-based comfort may find his post-Christian humanism unsatisfying, but those who want a rigorous, humane exploration will be rewarded.
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safety90
substance85
craft82
originality78
accuracy84
hype80
age-fit88
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict80
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