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    It is not the case that In paradigmatic cases, resentment is eliminated by revising the judgment that the wrongdoer's past action stands as a present threat.

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    • 1.Bishop Butler and Jeffrie Murphy distinguish resentment that tracks self-respect from resentment that tracks threat-perception, treating them as separable functions.
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    • 2.Revising the threat-judgment eliminates only the threat-tracking dimension of resentment, leaving intact the self-respect-vindicating dimension that forgiveness must separately address.
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    • 3.Therefore, judgment-revision about present threat is insufficient to account for the full elimination of resentment in paradigmatic forgiveness cases.
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    • 1.Resentment can persist as a non-cognitive affective residue even after the relevant judgment has been fully and sincerely revised.
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    • 2.If resentment outlasts the revision of its grounding judgment, the judgment-revision is not sufficient to eliminate resentment in paradigmatic cases.
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    • 1.Resentment is rationally supported by the judgment that the wrongdoer's past action stands as a present threat.
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    • 2.Revising the judgment that rationally supports resentment eliminates that resentment.
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