Court D. Lewis
Pellissippi State Community College
Court Lewis received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, where he specialized in Ethics, Justice, and Forgiveness. He became interested in forgiveness studies while studying mass atrocities and social oppression in 20th Century Europe, especially after reading Simon Wiesenthal’s The Sunflower. His philosophical work on Justice and Rights introduced him to Nicholas Wolterstorff’s ethical concept eirenéism—a peace-based theory of rights. Combining eirenéism with the concept of forgiveness, Court developed a rights-based ethic of forgiveness. His research was featured in his dissertation, was the basis for a Capstone Philosophy course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which featured visiting speakers working on forgiveness, such as Martha Nussbaum, and portions of it have appeared in scholarly peer-reviewed journals such as Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel. He is currently completing a monograph on his research. Court is Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Owensboro Community and Technical College.
Books published with us
Subtitle Explorations of Forgiveness: Personal, Relational, and Religious
Edition 1st
ISBN 978-1-62273-054-4
Published in July 2016
Subtitle New Dimensions of Forgiveness
Edition 1st
ISBN 978-1-62273-190-9
Published in August 2016
Subtitle The Philosophy of Forgiveness - Volume V
Edition 1st
ISBN 978-1-64889-407-7
Published in July 2022
