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    When an act is the morally correct response to a situatio... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Justification and forgiveness are distinct moral concepts and ought to be distinguished.

    When an act is the morally correct response to a situation, the distinction between justification and forgiveness collapses into a single moral judgment.

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    • 1.Moral correctness means an act is what should be done; justifying it shows why it should be done—these are the same evaluative claim.
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    • 2.Forgiveness presupposes wrongdoing, but a morally correct act cannot be wrong, making forgiveness logically inapplicable to it.
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    • 3.A single moral framework should produce one judgment about an act's status; splitting into separate justification and forgiveness creates incoherence.
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    • 1.Justification addresses objective rightness; forgiveness addresses subjective hurt and relational repair—these serve distinct moral purposes.
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    • 2.A morally correct act (e.g., painful honesty) can still require forgiveness if it harms someone, meaning the distinction remains applicable.
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    • 3.Forgiveness involves emotional release and relationship restoration—purposes beyond evaluating whether an act is justified—so they're conceptually separate.
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