Forgiveness of Death: a Philosophical Outline

Abstract

The subject of the article is a connection between forgiveness and death and, especially, the question of who has the right (duty) to forgive whom and whose death. The author expresses the opinion that forgiveness of death is reasonable only when it is inflicted by a human and, simultaneously, being evil to the one who dies (whether it is final end of life or gates to eternity). However, the victim does not have a duty of forgiving his torturer although there is a right to do it; still, the right to forgive the death is limited to one’s own death and only within the limits of its being harm to the dying. No one has the right of forgiving on the behalf of others who are the victims of crime; even God does not have this right. No one knows what had been death to a specific person deprived of life