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    It is not the case that Third-party moral emotions like indignation are legitimate responses to wrongs done to others, and forgiveness is the overcoming of such emotions.

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    • 1.Only victims have the moral authority to forgive; third-party indignation often reflects self-righteous performative emotion, not legitimate moral response.
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    • 2.Forgiveness needn't require overcoming indignation—one can rationally judge wrongs as serious while still supporting reconciliation and rehabilitation.
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    • 3.Third-party emotional investment in others' wrongs can fuel cycles of collective punishment that exceed proportional justice or victim preferences.
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    • 1.Moral emotions evolved to enforce social cooperation; indignation in bystanders deters wrongdoing by imposing reputational costs on wrongdoers.
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    • 2.Third parties have standing to judge wrongs that violate shared moral norms, just as we condemn distant atrocities we didn't witness.
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    • 3.Forgiveness requires overcoming reactive attitudes; genuine forgiveness means abandoning resentment, not merely suppressing it.
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