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    It is not the case that Defenders of performative accounts need not think that only speech acts can fulfill the performative functions of forgiving.

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    • 1.Austin's speech act theory grounds illocutionary force in conventional linguistic procedures, not in mere expressive behavior.
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    • 2.Extending performative accounts to non-linguistic acts dissolves the criterial distinctness that makes performatives philosophically tractable.
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    • 3.Without linguistic conventionality, there is no principled basis for distinguishing a forgiving gesture from a mere expression of resumed goodwill.
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    • 1.Jeffrie Murphy argues forgiveness requires an internal moral transaction that overcomes resentment for the right reasons, not a communicative act of any kind.
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    • 2.If gestures and expressions can perform forgiveness, the account collapses into an attitudinal view, undermining the distinctiveness performativists claim.
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    • Cognate communicative acts, gestures, and facial expressions may achieve the same result as utterances of "I forgive you".
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