Regina M. Schwartz's guest appearances

Regina M. Schwartz

The Lumen Christi Institute

Thomas Aquinas

Wallace Stevens

Michael Murphy

Patrick Deneen

Meghan Sullivan

Luigi Zingales

Jennifer Frey

Ross Douthat

John Inazu

Michael Lee

Elizabeth Lev

Flannery O'Connor

Thomas Esposito

Stephen Barr

Nicanor Austriaco

OwlTail

M. Schwartz

A lecture by Regina M. Schwartz (Northwestern University) given on January 14, 2016 at the University of ChicagoThe law presumes not only the right but the duty to punish: it does not ask whether it should punish, but how much, who, when, and how. In contrast, Christianity offers a different response to wrongdoing: Jesus engaged in a polemical attack on “the reciprocity code,” the assumption that good should be reciprocated with good and evil with evil. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27-28). How are we to begin to comprehend this radical difference?

A lecture by Regina M. Schwartz (Northwestern University) given on January 14, 2016 at the University of Chicago<br><br>The law presumes not only the right but the duty to punish: it does not ask whether it should punish, but how much, who, when, and how. In contrast, Christianity offers a different response to wrongdoing: Jesus engaged in a polemical attack on “the reciprocity code,” the assumption that good should be reciprocated with good and evil with evil. “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you” (Luke 6:27-28). How are we to begin to comprehend this radical difference?

Regina M. Schwartz - Love Your Enemies: Retribution and Forgiveness