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261Forgiveness: A Philosophical ExplorationCambridge University Press. 2007.Nearly everyone has wronged another. Who among us has not longed to be forgiven? Who has not struggled to forgive? Charles Griswold has written the first comprehensive philosophical book on forgiveness in both its interpersonal and political contexts, as well as its relation to reconciliation. Having examined the place of forgiveness in ancient philosophy and in modern thought, he discusses what forgiveness is, what conditions the parties to it must meet, its relation to revenge and hatred, when…Read more
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31The Autonomous Male of Adam Smith, and: Adam Smith in His Times and Ours: Designing the Decent Society, and: Adam Smith: International PerspectivesJournal of the History of Philosophy 35 (4): 629-632. 1997.
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16"Plato. Phaedrus", trans. C. J. Rowe (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 29 (3): 481. 1991.
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87Happiness, tranquillity, and philosophyCritical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 10 (1): 1-32. 1996.Despite the near universal desire for happiness, relatively little philosophy has been done to determine what “happiness” means. In this paper I examine happiness (in the long‐term sense), and argue that it is best understood in terms of tranquillity. This is not merely “contentment.” Rather, happiness requires reflection—the kind of reflection characteristic of philosophy. Happiness is the product of correctly assessing its conditions, and like any assessment, one can be mistaken, and thus mist…Read more
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17Colloquium 5Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 9 (1): 200-212. 1993.
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25Rhetoric and Ethics: Adam Smith on Theorizing about the Moral SentimentsPhilosophy and Rhetoric 24 (3). 1991.
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21Forgiveness, Secular and ReligiousProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 82 303-313. 2008.
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116The ideas and the criticism of poetry in Plato'sJournal of the History of Philosophy 19 (2): 135-150. 1981.
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44Religion and community: Adam Smith on the virtues of libertyJournal of the History of Philosophy 35 (3): 395-419. 1997.Religion and Community: Adam Smith on the Virtues of Liberty CHARLES L. GRISWOLD, JR. The good temper and moderation of con- tending factions seems to be the most es- gential circumstance in the publick morals of a free people. Adam Smith' THE ARCHITECTS of what one might call "classical" or "Enlightenment" liberal- ism saw themselves as committed to refuting the claims to political sovereignty by organized religion. ~ The arguments against the legitimacy of a state- supported religion, and, in …Read more
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37Liberty and Compulsory Civil Religion in Rousseau’s Social ContractJournal of the History of Philosophy 53 (2): 271-300. 2015.
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22Commentary on GarverProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 5 (1): 97-105. 1989.
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78Reading and writing PlatoPhilosophy and Literature 32 (1). 2008.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reading and Writing PlatoCharles L. GriswoldThe Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues, by Ruby Blondell; 452 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, $55.00Plato's Dialectic at Play: Argument, Structure, and Myth in theSymposium, by Kevin Corrigan and Elena Glazov-Corrigan; 266 pp. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004, $25.00Questioning Platonism: Continental Interpretations of Plato, by Drew Hyland; ix…Read more
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11Forgiveness, Secular and ReligiousProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 82 303-313. 2008.
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76Irony in the Platonic DialoguesPhilosophy and Literature 26 (1): 84-106. 2002.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Philosophy and Literature 26.1 (2002) 84-106 [Access article in PDF] Irony in the Platonic Dialogues Charles L. Griswold, Jr. I INTERPRETERS OF PLATO have arrived at a general consensus to the effect that there exists a problem of interpretation when we read Plato, and that the solution to the problem must in some way incorporate what has tendentiously been called the "literary" and the "philosophical" sides of Plato's writing. The p…Read more
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123Debating Forgiveness: A Reply to My Critics (review)Philosophia 38 (3): 457-473. 2010.In this essay I offer a detailed reply to three critics (whose commentaries are included in this issue of Philosophia) of my Forgiveness: a Philosophical Exploration (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). The topics explored include the nature and limits of forgiveness; its unconditional or conditional character; the problem of distinguishing between central and marginal cases; the analysis of political apology; and questions of philosophical methodology
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