Apology Subverted: The Commodification of Apology
Apology Subverted: The Commodification of Apology
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道歉被颠覆：道歉的商品化
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2000
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L. Taft
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我们生活在一个非同寻常的、公开的悔过行为变得司空见惯的时代，如此频繁，以至于一位专家将弥漫在我们文化中的氛围描述为“道歉狂热”。作为美国公民，我们目睹了总统对莫妮卡·莱温斯基丑闻的不断道歉，这是一件导致他在众议院被弹劾的俗气事件。公共领域充斥着关于克林顿总统道歉的讨论；他第一次表达忏悔的尝试被认为是严重不足的，他后来的尝试被许多人谴责为不真诚和政治驱动。文献检索揭示了一个以前很少被考虑的话题，现在已经成为一个全国性的话题。在这样的历史背景下，我加入了这场对话。在这里，我研究道歉，更具体地说，道歉在民事调解中的作用。道歉对法律来说并不陌生。事实上，越来越多的判例法讨论了道歉的作用，有许多法律文章讨论了道歉在诉讼中的作用，特别是在
We are living in a time in which extraordinary, public acts of contrition have become commonplace, so frequent that one pundit describes the atmosphere that pervades our culture as "apology mania."' As citizens of the United States we have been witnesses to our President's evolving apology in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, a tawdry affair that led to his impeachment in the House of Representatives. The public sphere overflows with discourse about President Clinton's apologies; his first attempt at expressed contrition was viewed as woefully inadequate and his later attempts condemned by many as insincere and politically driven. What a literature search reveals as a topic previously rarely considered has now become a national conversation. Against this historic backdrop, I join the conversation. Here I examine apology and, more particularly, the role of apology in the context of civil mediation. Apology is not a stranger to the law. In fact, the role of apology has been discussed in a growing body of case law,' and there are numerous legal articles addressing its role in litigation, particularly in the context of