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    It is not the case that Bishop Butler and Jeffrie Murphy distinguish forgiveness as an internal attitude-change from external expressions, making process requirements category errors.

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    • 1.Forgiveness has been understood across traditions as involving communicative, relational, and performative elements—not purely internal.
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    • 2.Claiming process requirements are category errors assumes attitudes exist independently of their manifestation, but attitudes inherently involve dispositions to act.
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    • 3.Complete separation ignores how expression (verbal acknowledgment, changed behavior) may be constitutive of authentic forgiveness, not merely expressive of it.
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    • 1.Forgiveness is fundamentally a mental state—releasing resentment—logically distinct from behavioral expressions like apology acceptance.
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    • 2.Requiring external performance confuses forgiveness with reconciliation, conflating an internal shift with relationship restoration.
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    • 3.One can genuinely forgive while never expressing it; silence doesn't negate the authentic attitude-change occurring privately.
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