Worldview: Taking forgiveness to the next level

March 4, 2013

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Worldview: Taking forgiveness to the next level

Author Aaron Freeman joins Worldview to tackle the topic of forgiveness. We'll examine the South African example and explore how different groups in that society arrived at forgiveness.

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Forgiveness and South Africa's path to reconciliation

The last time Aaron Freeman joined Worldview, he discussed the remarkable reconciliation between France and Germany after World War II.
Aaron returns to Worldview, and he and Jerome take a look at South Africa. They will spend the hour looking at how and why differentgroups in South African society have madethe calculation throughout the country’s history not to pursue revenge through violence. 

Frederic Luskin, director of the Stanford ForgivenessProjects and associate professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, also joins the discussion.  

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