Forgiveness And Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense. It is also the discarding of negative emotions, such as revenge, with an increased ability to wish the offender well. In this study, the researcher explored how justification and apologies have to be phrased and framed to render them acceptable to the victims.

The researcher explore the important joint effects of components on the perception of the appropriateness of an account by demonstrating it in a different scenario. The first is asking for a pardon which may be a necessary element of apology. According to Goffman, appropriate apology consists of seven elements: the expression of concern for the victims suffering, the acknowledgment of the rule being violated, the approval of sanctions, the non approval of one’s own behavior, the dissociation from the misdeed, the affirmation of obeying the rule in the future, and the offer and compensation for the deed.

Second, expressing self-reproach and offering compensation may have main effects on forgiveness, but when provided together, they could have conditions such that the total effect is greater than the sum of the individual sum.

Third, asking for pardon without offering compensation may be interpreted by the victim as insincere. For example, when the child has done wrong to his parents, the child will apologize. For him to learn his lesson, he must undergo punishment, thus, he will not repeat his mistake. Darby Schlenker suggests that admitting fault, admitting damage, expressing remorse, asking pardon, and offering compensation are the five components significant for making an account appear sincere, convincing and effective.

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...rticipants feel that the harm-doer has not admitted fault explicitly, compensation is less likely to be recognized, hence producing a higher negative outcome. When the harm-doer as admitting damage the negative affect is less intense same as perceiving apology nor compensation.

Personality variables did not change, however, interaction effects were entered as additional predictors. The trait anger and interpersonal trust influences subjective account components. The researcher infer that the relationship of the victim to the harm-doer is clearly altered, especially when a harm-doer is a friend or a love one. It is said that the trust of the victim in the person who hurt him changes. The personality did not operate as a mediator of the objective account component. Rather, the effect of both variables on subjective account components were independent from each other.