Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice

Martha C. Nussbaum

“All too often, anger becomes an alluring substitute for grieving, promising agency and control when one’s real situation does not offer control… Anger is often well-grounded, but it is too easy for it to hijack the necessary mourning process.”

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum – one of the most incisive thinkers of our time – on anger, forgiveness, the psychoemotional machinery of trust, and how to deal with betrayal in intimate relationships:

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