Maybe the person I forgive starts taking advantage of me if I forgive repeatedly. Would it not be preferable to give forgiveness a little more time so that the other person has to wait to understand that she hurt me?
As Aristotle reminds us, we should not practice the moral virtues in isolation. Given that forgiveness is a moral virtue, if this is the case, it also applies to it. To prevent exploitation of us, justice is the primary moral virtue that ought to go hand in hand with forgiveness. Let us practice forgiveness and then request fairness from the other person. When we first forgive, then the way that we ask for justice may be gentler and even more temperate than if we demand justice while we are fuming with anger.
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