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When legal processes complicate moral repair

I caused a car accident that put someone in the hospital and their family is suing me but I also want to visit them and I don't know if that's selfish or helpful.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intersection of legal liability and human connection shows how adversarial systems can prevent the very encounters that enable healing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Punitive vs. restorative approaches to harm?”

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