Jonathan Hirsch
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1,168 appearances
9 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 5 Jun
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It is a gift of God that allows me to do this.
I think he gave me the gift so that when I found out that it was my son, it would be a legitimate forgiveness.
Almost like God was sort of priming him to forgive his son for something that would be unforgivable.
You know, Cooper, when we've been talking about this case, I keep thinking back about my favorite novel when I was a teenager, which probably says a lot about me.
It's Crime and Punishment.
Yeah, dark Russian novel about murder and crime.
Anyway, for those who haven't read it before, the main character is this guy, Raskolnikov.
He's this poor student at a university in St.
Petersburg.
And he develops this theory that superior individuals can transcend moral laws.
If the person deserves it, basically, you can kill someone without feeling guilt or regret.
You can kind of sit above morality.
Yeah.
And he commits the crime of murder, but then is consumed with guilt and regret and can't really transcend the human emotion that is associated with taking the life of another person.
And in a way, I kind of feel like this story is the reverse of Crime and Punishment.
because it tells the story of someone who can forgive a willful, planned act of murder.
And that's Kent, of course.
And it just makes you think, because I don't know if I would be able to see past that.
But it's very clear to Kent what his moral purpose is after he finds out that his son did this.
Yeah, I mean, you got skin in the game.
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