It seems impossible for people to forgive exceptionally unjust actions against them. Life-threatening events seem like just too much for anyone to forgive. What is your view of this?

There is a difference between some people not being able to forgive or even refusing to forgive and the impossibility of forgiving. Yes, there are people who–right now–may not be able to forgive others for extreme injustices. This is not necessarily the final word on the matter because a person may decide later that forgiveness is possible. At the same time, we need to realize that no injustice, no matter how severe, is outside the realm of forgiveness for everyone.  Here is one example: Eva Mozes Kor was in the Auschwitz concentration camp and she was able to forgive the Nazis for this atrocity, even though not all would do so. Eva shows us what is possible regarding the heroic moral virtue of forgiveness.

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