Comments on: Rambam, Thank You Ma’am

By: A fine apology from the March for Racial Justice | SorryWatch

A fine apology from the March for Racial Justice | SorryWatch — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 21:37:58 +0000

[…] with the statement, so I am too. I’ll end with her wise words (though if you want more on Rambam and forgiveness, SorryWatch has you […]

By: Meow to Apologize to Your Cat, via the Rambam | Dream Pet

Meow to Apologize to Your Cat, via the Rambam | Dream Pet — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 11:54:26 +0000

[…] it occurs to me that our 12th century sage Maimonides’ advice on apologies is helpful here. He says that you have to try at least three times to say you’re sorry to someone […]

By: Maimo, Maimo, it’s off to apologize we go! | SorryWatch

Maimo, Maimo, it’s off to apologize we go! | SorryWatch — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 22:15:10 +0000

[…] have already discussed the delightful Lizard Metaphor on SorryWatch. If you say you’re sorry without thinking hard about how you won’t commit the sin […]

By: People around the world, join hands! Disembark from the wine train! Wine train! | SorryWatch

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:13:13 +0000

[…] is not obligated to accept. According to the teachings of 12th century apology expert Moses Maimonides, the CEO is now obligated to go back and apologize twice more; if the women still aren’t up […]

By: Repentance via eScapegoat: There’s an App for That | SorryWatch

Repentance via eScapegoat: There’s an App for That | SorryWatch — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:27:15 +0000

[…] written about Maimonides‘s perspective on repentance. We bet he’d be pro-technology-as-tool (he […]

By: making kids apologize (cuppa comme ci comme ca) | SorryWatch

making kids apologize (cuppa comme ci comme ca) | SorryWatch — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:42:08 +0000

[…] I disagree. Asking to be forgiven at the same time you apologize puts the onus back on the person you’ve wronged. You’re the one who has screwed up; you have no right to cap your apology with a request for a quid pro quo. Effectively, you’re making asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness equal, and nope, you’re only entitled to the asking part. If the other person wants to volunteer forgiveness, great, but I don’t think you’re being fair by ending your apology with a request for absolution. Give the other person some time to stew, for heaven’s sake. If he or she doesn’t say “no problem” immediately, wait a while and then go back, apologize again, and ask to be forgiven. (This is what the philosopher Maimonides suggested back in the 12th century, as we’ve noted.) […]

By: Physician, (apologize and) heal thyself | SorryWatch

Physician, (apologize and) heal thyself | SorryWatch — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:09:30 +0000

[…] contradicting the four previous speakers. Also contradicting the philosophy of our old friend Maimonides, who once said, ”The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering […]

By: Apologies in action and inaction | SorryWatch

Apologies in action and inaction | SorryWatch — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:45:43 +0000

[…] As you know, the great sage Moses Maimonides said, “Whoever merely verbalizes his confession without consciously deciding to give up his sins is like a person who immerses in a ritual pool (mikveh) in order to cleanse himself, but is holding a dead reptile in his hand.” Sibelius is still holding the reptile. And psychiatrist Aaron Lazare, author of On Apology, wrote that the final necessary element of a good apology is making it up to people. We’re waiting. […]

By: Regrets from a biblical pharaoh | SorryWatch

Regrets from a biblical pharaoh | SorryWatch — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:01:40 +0000

[…] to be meaningful. See how well that worked for Lance. (This theory, by the way, is posited by our old friend Maimonides, who wrote quite a bit about apologies.) Another interpretation is that when God […]

By: The Sorry-Watching of Lance Armstrong | SorryWatch

The Sorry-Watching of Lance Armstrong | SorryWatch — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:33:02 +0000

[…] Thanks to transcripts of nights one and two of the Oprance Apology Spectacular provided by the BBC, we now have the tools to analyze fully whether the cyclist has apologized well. Let’s crunch the numbers! Eight uses of the word “sorry,” if you’re keeping score at home; three of “apology” or “apologize.” Let’s look at each usage, using the good-apology templates enumerated in our earlier posts on the parts of a good apology and the 12th century philosopher Maimonides’s elements of apology. […]