ABSTRACT

Although school is an ideal location for teaching forgiveness because it mediates between the family and society, forgiveness education has been relatively neglected in schools. Most research and pedagogical models on forgiveness education to date are based on the psychological perspective which is individualistic in nature. Although empirical support for effectiveness of these models has been found, the individualistic foundation of these models ignores the collective aspect of forgiveness and forgiveness education. Hegel’s philosophy provides insights that can complement the individualistic perspective. Hegelian philosophy suggests that forgiveness enables mutual recognition to occur and the collective human consciousness to progress to higher stages of development in a dialectical manner. This paper proposes the major elements for forgiveness education from an Hegelian perspective that complement existing theories, research and practice forgiveness education: the importance of narrowing the reality-virtue gap, the renunciation of self, mutual recognition, reconciliation, awareness of one's duty to others, and finally the use of language.

摘要

尽管学校是宽恕的理想场所，因为它在家庭和社会之间进行调解，但是宽恕教育在学校中却相对被忽略了。迄今为止，有关宽恕教育的大多数研究和教学模型都是基于本质上是个人主义的心理学观点。尽管已经找到了对这些模型有效性的经验支持，但是这些模型的个人主义基础忽略了宽恕和宽恕教育的集体方面。黑格尔的哲学提供了可以补充个人主义观点的见解。黑格尔哲学认为，宽恕可以实现相互承认，集体的人类意识可以以辩证的方式发展到更高的发展阶段。