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    It is not the case that Charles Griswold and Margaret Walker both argue that genuine forgiveness requires a revised moral appraisal of the wrongdoer's character, not merely the act.

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    • 1.Victims cannot reliably access another's inner character; requiring character appraisal makes forgiveness dependent on epistemic certainty we lack.
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    • 2.Forgiving an act while reserving judgment on character allows victims to release resentment without metaphysical claims about moral transformation.
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    • 3.Character assessment risks reopening judgment of the person rather than enabling the victim's own healing and moral growth.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Forgiveness that ignores character change merely excuses behavior, treating wrongdoing as episodic rather than revealing of identity.
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    • 2.Moral relationships require assessing whether someone has genuinely reformed, not just whether a single act is intellectually pardoned.
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    • 3.Without character reassessment, forgiveness cannot restore trust or rebuild the relational bond that wrongdoing damaged.
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