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Somebody treats you badly, how do you respond?
Do you forgive them?
Forgiveness is a strange concept in ordinary conversation.
We use the term all the time.
We think we know what we mean by it.
But do we?
Here's Lucy Allais.
Lucy Allaise, welcome to philosophy bites.
I'm a huge fan of your work.
It's great to be here.
The topic we're going to focus on is forgiveness.
Now, we all know what forgiveness is, don't we?
How could there be a philosophical problem about forgiveness?
That's a fantastic question, because it's one of those subjects which you think isn't puzzling.