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GRAY, Christopher B. The Methodology of Maurice Hauriou. Dordrecht: Rodopi, 2009. xvi + 242pp. Paper, $67.60--Christopher Berry Gray begins his book by providing a succinct overview of the career, development, [...]

Forgiveness, Apology, and Retributive Punishment, J. ANGELO CORLETT This article challenges the prevalent view among philosophers that forgiveness is both a moral virtue and morally required and that moral agents [...]

This paper challenges the claim that the traditional Christian (Augustinian, Thomistic, Anselmian) idea of hell as a form of eternal punishment (damnation and torment) for human sin cannot be made consistent with the idea of proportionate punishment, and it raises concerns with the notion that divine justice requires divine forgiveness and mercy. It argues that divine justice entails or at least permits retribution as the meting out of punishment by God to those who deserve it in proportion to the degree and amount of harm unduly and responsibly caused by sinners to others. For God to fail to punish those who deserve it in proportion to their harmful wrongdoings would imply God's failure to be both just and omnibenevolent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a philosophical account of the issue of U.S. reparations to descendants of enslaved blacks in the U.S. (i.e., African Americans). Subsequent to defining "reparations," the different kinds, approaches and arguments for and against them are noted. While there are cases to be made against the U.S. Government in favor of reparations to certain African countries and peoples, this paper shall focus attention on the case for reparations by the U.S. Government to descendants of enslaved blacks in the U.S. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including higher educational policies, moral responsibility theory, and the racism and social justice.