Forgiveness, reconciliation and responding to evil: a philosophical overview -- Moral epistemology, the retributive emotions, and the "clumsy moral philosophy" of Jesus Christ -- Christian love and criminal punishment -- Legal moralism and retribution revisited -- Shame creeps through guilt and feels like retribution -- Repentance, mercy, and communicative punishment -- Remorse, apology, and mercy : with new appendix -- The case of Dostoyevsky's General : some ruminations on forgiving the unforgivable -- Response to Neu, Zipursky, and Steiker -- Jealousy, shame, and the rival -- Moral reasons and the limitations of liberty -- The elusive nature of human dignity