Benevolent motives
The primary benevolent motives that become active when forgiveness happens are mercy, grace, and altruistic love.
Mercy is restraint at applying deserved punishment. Mercy holds back at giving a person their 'just deserts'. Grace is treating people to an undeserved benefit.
Whereas, mercy is a motive, not to punish a wrongdoer to the deserved extent, grace seeks to give the wrongdoer a blessing.
Altruistic love is doing beneficial acts, feeling loving emotions, thinking positive emotions without consideration of self-benefit.
Whereas grace gives undeserved gifts, you could be gracious for self-interested reasons. You could want approval, recognition or awards, to not be convicted by a jury of your peers and expect, later, a return on investment.
Altruism is grace without considerable consideration of self-benefit.
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
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