Die Bewältigung moralischer Vergehen war von jeher kompliziert. Soll man sich rächen, Entschädigung fordern, gnädig sein, die Verletzung ignorieren oder vergeben? Thomas Kazen und Rikard Roitto vergleichen, wie Griechen, Römer, Juden und Christen in der Antike verschiedene Vorstellungen, Methoden und Rituale zur moralischen Wiedergutmachung handhabten.
Die Bewältigung moralischer Vergehen war von jeher kompliziert. Soll man sich rächen, Entschädigung fordern, gnädig sein, die Verletzung ignorieren oder vergeben? Thomas Kazen und Rikard Roitto vergleichen, wie Griechen, Römer, Juden und Christen in der Antike verschiedene Vorstellungen, Methoden und Rituale zur moralischen Wiedergutmachung handhabten.
Inhaltsübersicht:
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Dynamics of Moral Repair - 1.2 The Present Study's Relation to Previous Research - 1.3 Definitions and Strategies - 1.4 Categories and Spheres for Comparison - 1.5 Specific Tools and Theories - 1.6 Sources and Limitations
Chapter 2: Idea(l)s: Cognitive Frames for Morality and Their Implications for Moral Repair
2.1 Cognitive Frames and Conceptual Metaphors - 2.2 Cognitive Frames in Ancient Moral Discourse - 2.3 WEIGHT versus ACCOUNTING in Jewish Thought - 2.4 PATH: Destiny, Direction, Deviation - 2.5 PURITY: Removal, Restoration, and Conceptual Blending - 2.6 MEASURE and SIZE: Compensation, Forgiveness, and Revenge - 2.7 SIZE and Status Restoration - 2.8 AESTHETICS as Beauty and Proportion - 2.9 FORCE/STRENGTH as Control and Rationality - 2.10 NATURE: Character and Norm - 2.11 HEALTH: Moral Repair as Divine Healing - 2.12 Conclusions
Chapter 3: Practices: Moral Infringements and Moral Repair in Social Groups
3.1 Hierarchies and Emotions - 3.2 Honour and Shame in Cultural Comparison - 3.3 Punishment, Revenge, and Compensation - 3.4 Deterrence, Balance, and Excess - 3.5 Homicide Repair - 3.6 Bodily injury - 3.7 Property Infringement and Restitution - 3.8 Repair of Sexual Infringement
Chapter 4: Rituals and Moral Repair
4.1 Involving Gods through Ritual - 4.2 Divine Origins of Morality and Law - 4.3 The Willingness of Gods to Intervene in Human Moral Repair - 4.4 Cursing One's Opponent - 4.5 Oaths and Vows: Conditional Self-Curses - 4.6 Prayers and Supplications for Justice - 4.7 Dedications as Aggressions - 4.8 Expulsion and Purification Rituals - 4.9 Confessions of Sin, Prayers for Forgiveness, and Intercession for Sinners - 4.10 Fasting and Asceticism - 4.11 Divination of Guilt - 4.12 Invoking Gods and Using Ritual Language for Emotional Effect
Chapter 5: Concluding Discussions
5.1 Revenge and Punishment - 5.2 Removal: Exile, Ransom, Purification - 5.3 Compromise and Compensation - 5.4 Responsibility and Repentance - 5.5 Clemency and Forgiveness - 5.6 Appeals to Virtue in Moral Repair - 5.7 Ritual Innovation in Infringement Repair - 5.8 Final Reflections
