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    Challenges→Reconciliation is not necessary for forgiveness.

    If the relational claim made by a wrong can be canceled without any reconciliatory exchange, the normative structure that makes forgiveness morally significant is left unexplained.

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    Key Terms

    Forgiveness(as used in ethics)
    The act of letting go of anger or resentment toward someone who has hurt you, and choosing not to hold their wrongdoing against them anymore.
    Morally significant(in ethics)
    Having real meaning and importance in terms of what is right and wrong; actions that matter ethically.
    Normative structure(as used in ethics and philosophy of language)
    A set of rules or standards that tell us how things should be or what we ought to do, rather than just describing how things actually are.
    Relational claim(used in ethics and philosophy of relationships to explain what grounds parental or family bonds)
    A justified reason or argument for why one person has a special connection, responsibility, or right in relation to another person.
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    (in this philosophical discussion)
    Erased, eliminated, or made to no longer apply. Here it means the obligation or harm created by the wrong is somehow made to disappear.
    reconciliatory exchange(in ethics and forgiveness)
    A process where two people talk, apologize, make amends, or work together to restore their relationship and heal the harm that was done.
    wrong(in ethics)
    An unjust or harmful action that one person commits against another, creating a kind of debt or damage that needs to be addressed.

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