The Emotional Functions Of Apology

Once the participant realizes that they could have really hurt someone, they become very remorseful.

Forgiveness can be a simple gesture. Either way it’s a difficult task to complete. Nevertheless it’s easier to pry forgiveness from certain groups of people; especially children. Children tend to easily forgive since they do not fully comprehend the severity of a situation. This theory especially applies to the parent-child relationship where the child feels the need to forgive their parents no matter the situation. Forgiveness for the parent seems mandatory to the child considering the parent is the teacher of life to their child; what the parents say and/or do is all their knowledge of how the world goes. In The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls proves this theory correct. Numerous times Jeannette forgives her parents for their wrongdoings and

Philosopher Paul Ricoeur posed the question, how “can one forgive someone who does not admit his guilt?”(Hatzfeld 195) Whether this admission of guilt is enough to be forgiven or not, the “sincere” taking of responsibility for one’s actions is an absolute minimum in striving for forgiveness. Ricoeur’s question becomes especially relevant when discussing the

Individuals use unnecessary apologies to please one another in order to avoid feeling like undesirable situations are their fault, but must learn to stop taking the blame and stand up for themselves. In fact, many people conceive an apology as “self-depreciating” or an “automatic way of keeping both

A key aspect of restorative justice lies in the offender apologizing for the crime and members

People make mistakes all the time; therefore, they use apologizes to show the respect, politeness, and regret in order to appeal to the other person. Apologizing is a key technique for people to communicate. Apologies are usually used when a person makes a mistake and wants to correct it, but sometimes the ways people use them can change the purpose of the apologizes.

Even if it is just apologizing for something you have done, it can make a big difference in the minds of most people. It takes a big person to apologize for something, even though deep down you do not necessarily want to. In the mistake that I made recently, which I do not really want to get into details about, I wrote a letter to apologize for what I had done. I wanted to write it but at the same time I didn’t. I knew as soon as it happened that it was wrong and I should not have done it, but at the same time I am not really sure if I wanted to apologize for it.

I chose to take the love and apology assessments. Both were quite interesting but I was not surprised by the results I received from the apology assessment, they were very straightforward and clear. As you all will be able to see from my scores, they were high in the “genuinely repent” category as opposed to the other categories. According to the description of this category, I’m more likely to believe the sincerity of an apology if it is accompanied by the desire modify the behavior in the future. I am in 100% agreement with this assessment, I am much more concerned with how a person plans to ensure that the action is not repeated in the future as opposed to empty apologies. As far as the love assessment, I scored closely in two categories;

The Apology is meant to defend Socrates as he stands accused by Athens. Considering how Socrates presents his defense, it is evident that he only uses the title of apology as justification but not as a regret statement or expression of sorrow. The apology was made after Socrates was accused with ungodliness as well as corrupting the youth in Athens by alienating powerful people in the practice of Socratic dialogue. The Socratic dialogue is a process attempting to clarify concepts such as justice and friendship by using definition from a person who argues that he understands the concepts and systematically showing how such a definition as well as definitions by other philosophers leads to contradiction.

The experiment used multiple methods of measuring forgiveness, including respond to a face-valid forgiveness item by indication their degree of forgiveness on a five-point scale after being told a hypothetical scenario. Results of the experiment supported the hypothesis that third parties such as close friends and family members of victims would be less forgiving of perpetrators than the actual victim (first party) would be. This confirmed the third-party forgiveness effect. In

Apologizing is one of the most salient things to do in life because incurable conflicts create such deep and destroying emotions. Even after a fight stops, there is still bitterness, mournful and enraged feelings. Without forgiveness and saying sorry, people stay closed within this space of sad feelings that do not do any good. The quote tells us how to be strong when a wanted apology does not come. Sometimes, when a fight has ended, it is hard to be the one who apologizes first. There are often hard feelings. To be the one who breaks the ice can be very challenging, and you have to be brave.

Meanwhile, Enright (2016) stated that the use of forgiveness in children can diminish their anxiety, anger and sadness, as well as improve their school performance.

First, I would like to apologize to my victims. I feel like I had no rights coming in and affecting your life. Sometimes I think and feel like there are no words that can sufficiently express how sorry I really am for violating your personal space. I know an apology will not be enough to make this better, but I just want you to know how sorry I am for making a poor decision. I feel like the justice made sure I had a cruel punishment for I did. Even though there’s no justification for what I did, I was blinded by the selflessness of power and not looking at it from a victims stand point. I have no greater regrets than the damage I caused you and your family. Again I want to say I'm sorry and I will always be hunted by past decisions.

Please accept my sincere and humble apology for any display of rude and behavior on 7 February, 2017. It pains me to discover that my frustrated and disappointed conduct about my parking citations have upset any employees of the Parking and Business offices. There is so much done for the entire student body every day by you that it is very unfair of me to think that you were not working to understand our circumstances and help us in a feasible way. I really and genuinely did not mean to portray any offensive or intimidating behavior to you and all of the other employees, in fact I was more surprised by the reality of the expensive sum before me as I had already spent a large quantity of my earnings and the semester has just barely started.

It's a hard skill to really learn because to learn we must take the blame and accept that we have wronged someone unjustly. To really apologize and look into someone's eyes as you face is a nerve wracking experience but an invaluable one. I am not a perfect human being but I am trying to get better so I will admit I've had to apologize to my friends and classmates a couple of times. It was hard to do but I always felt much better doing it then letting the guilt of what I did eat from the inside out. It's still hard to admit I'm wrong but I will apologize now, even if it's