摘要
政治原諒作為一種以達成社會群體間的共存為目的的概念,在轉型正義政策上常被使用的概念。但它時也時常被誤解是在放棄責任追究或釐清真相,甚至是與日常的原諒概念混為一談,因此也遭受了許多批評。尤其是在德里達的On Forgiveness一文中,也將原諒區分為有條件以及無條件的,並以此來指出,政治原諒並不是一種原諒概念,而只是對原諒的誤用。
本文為辯護政治原諒這一概念,試圖回應部分對政治原諒之政策的批評,以說明政治原諒並非枉顧正義。另一方面,也將回到鄂蘭的論述,也就是最初提起原諒對於政治領域中的重要性之論述,以回應德里達對於政治原諒在概念上的不可能的批評。以轉型正義政策上的政治原諒概念施行,以及政治原諒在概念上這可行性,去說明政治原諒的可能,及其對轉型正義的重要性。
關鍵字:政治原諒、轉型正義、漢娜·鄂蘭、雅克·德里達
Abstract
The concept of political forgiveness is to achieve the coexistence of different communities. The concept is often used by transitional justice policy, but it is also often to be misunderstood as denying to investigate the truth and responsibilities, or being confused with a kind of regular concept of forgiveness. Those misunderstandings give rise to many kinds of criticizing on political forgiveness. In Derrida’s On Forgiveness, he distinguishes between conditional and unconditional forgiveness and argues that political forgiveness is not an authentic concept of forgiveness.
In my paper, I will defend the concept of political forgiveness in two ways. One way is by showing that political forgiveness doesn’t mean to deny the investigation of the truth and responsibilities, and the other is to retrace to Arendt’s political theory, which is the first theory to view forgiveness as an important element in politics, to respond to the criticisms from Derrida. By explaining the using of political forgiveness in politic of transitional justice and proving that the concept of political forgiveness is not contradictory with the concept of forgiveness, I conclude the meaning and the necessary application of political forgiveness in transitional justice.
Keywords:Political Justice, Transitional Justice, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida