Justice is part of revenge; as also for revenge is part of justice. “Justice” comes from a Latin word that means “straight, fair, equal”, it’s the quality of being righteous and loyal towards one’s state, although serves the interests of the stronger (Hourani, 1962), while revenge is the act of taking retaliation for injuries or wrongs. What ever the circumstances are being the individual who experiences a unjust act, results in the hunt for one of these two things: Justice or revenge. What are the key differences between the two? Justice can be defined as the concept of moral rightness, which is based on the rules of law, fairness, ethics, and equality among the governed citizens. Revenge, on the other hand, refers to an action taken by an individual as a response to an act of injustice. The principle of revenge is “an eye for an eye”…. Can revenge be justified and be as equally part of justice if they both seek retribution for a wrongdoing? The universal distinction between justice and revenge is quite distinctive, is there more beyond their differences? Revenge is retaliation by a wronged party against the person or people they see as having caused the wrong. The person at whom the revenge is directed may have harmed the person carrying out an act of revenge indirectly or not at all, but on some level there is a perceived personal grievance. An unaffected third party, on the other hand, can carry out Justice. In most developed countries it is considered vital that the judiciary be independent from the government, partly for this reason, which is justice also doesn't necessarily involve any act of retribution. For example, the “acquittal” of an innocent person can be considered an act of justice, but it certainly isn't reveng... ... middle of paper ... ...Cited 12 Angry Men. Director, Sidney Lumet. 1957. DVD. To Kill a Mockingbird. Director, Robert Mulligan.1962. DVD. Hourani, George. Thrasymachus' Definition of Justice in Plato's Republic. 2. 7. Focus Publishing, 1962. eBook. . Rosenbaum, Thane. "Justice? Vengeance? You Need Both." New York Times [New York Edition] 27 July 2011, Daily A29. Web. 11 Dec. 2011. . Nunez, Mark. "12 Angry Men." University of San Francisco. University of San Francisco, April/2000. Web. 11 Dec 2011. . Elster, Jon. Norms of Revenge. 4. Blackwell Publisher, 1990. 862. eBook. . Bar-elli, G. and Heyd, D. (1986), Can revenge be just or otherwise justified?. Theoria, 52: 68–86. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-2567.1986.tb00100.x
Revenge is a fairly strong emotion; it’s wanting to retaliate towards those who wronged you. Revenge is such an uncontrollable way of retaliation that it can result in a destructive outcome or carried out successfully. Although the results may vary, revenge sums up to one thing which is pain of some sort, affecting both parties or just one. Throughout history we see many tales of revenge and redemption. Often revenge does leave the one carrying it out feeling victorious but this can suddenly change as the process of karma generally begins in some tales.
Justice can have many interpretations one that many have is that justice is a person paying an equal or worse penalty for the things that they do. But what is the difference between that and revenge? There is none. Justice is taking actions against a person or organization because of their wrongs but not in a spirit of revenge or spite but for the higher cause of stopping them from committing further wrongs. The Declaration of independence shows how The American people were not getting justice from their king. there are many grievances cited against him but the cruelest are where Thomas Jefferson writes of the state sanctioned murder and pillaging wrought by the British forces. “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.” with the interpretation of justice that equal or worse penalty’s should be sentenced in the name of justice then by these standards London
Revenge is defined as harming someone for the wrong doings that they commit. Revenge is the key ingredient to hundreds of the most loved and action packed movies, books, and shows of today. Because of the fact that there is so much vengeance played out in entertainment media, society encourages revenge as necessary to those seeking retribution. Works of art such as Kill Bill and “Killings” are prime examples of stories that are about revenge.
Revenge is considered part of human nature because it is a survival instinct. Humans are inclined to commit acts of savagery because people are delicate beings. The Oxford English Dictionary defines revenge as, “the action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered.” Two good examples involve Montresor from the Cask of Amontillado and the unknown narrator from the Tell- Tale Heart. Montresor murders a fellow wine connoisseur because he insulted Montresor in a manner that could not be exonerated. The narrator of the Tell-Tale Heart enacts revenge by murdering an old man for provoking the narrator’s worst fears in the form of a “ vulture eye”. In both of these works by Edgar Allen Poe, the need for revenge consumed their internal fears and insecurities to perform those cruel acts. In the end though, both of the people discussed showed signs of remorse that in a way formed the character.
Retribution is the philosophy best explained by the famous saying, “an eye for an eye”. Those that believe in this form of justice hold a strict and harsh view on punishments for crime. The proponents of retribution believe that severe penalties act as deterrence to future crime, however, studies
Redemption and revenge are strangely similar and at the same time, completely different. Both ideas can change a person’s life for better or worse. Both are used when something is done to someone that wasn’t good. On the contrary, one is used by those who look to the future and focus on how to solve the problem while the other is used by those who look at the past and focus on how to punish the wrong-doer.
Revenge is the most natural motive people have had for wanting to inflict punishment. The argument is simple, the person that has harmed someone should have harm inflicted upon him. Is this the society that we are today in modern society? Revenge is still the most common motive for the use of punishment, especially as a response to the most brutal and senseless crimes. But the revenge motive, of course, is usually left on the curb a long way from the courthouse.
Although the theory of retribution roots from the ancient principle of “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth ” traced all the way back to Hammurabi’s reign, the contemporary understanding of retribution is much more intricate. As stated in the essay “Why the Death Penalty is Morally Permissible” by Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Louis P. Pojman, “Retributivism is not based on hatred for the criminal (though a feeling of vengeance may accompany the punishment). Retributivism is the theory th...
Throughout history, revenge, or vengeance, has been altered by several cultures and even the American culture. This is shown throughout many ancient greek epics. Throughout these two epics, what is just revenge and what the action of revenge is are much different than what Revenge is seen through today’s society. Revenge is the main theme in The Iliad, with Achilles’ revenge on Agamemnon and Hector, and in The Odyssey, with Poseidon’s revenge on Odysseus and Odysseus’s revenge on the Suitors, and these epics define how revenge was seen in the ancient Greek world.
Sir Francis Bacon once said “The first wrong breaks the law; revenge of that wrong destroys law itself” (Bacon). Bacon explains this in his essay Of Revenge. If one seeks revenge, one is only going to hurt oneself in the end. Revenge is hurtful and spiteful and one will possibly hurt others through it. One can fix it if one changes ones view on things. Throughout the following, Romeo and Juliet, Biography of Takashi Tanemori, Present Tense, The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field, one will see how revenge affects a person and the people around them.
Sir Francis Bacon once had a idea of revenge this idea is shown in many different stories just to name a few Romeo and Juliet in which a dashing young man seeks revenge and gets banished. The Interlopers the short story where two men seek revenge and both men end up getting killed. The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field the story of a man who seeks revenge his whole life and ends up wasting his whole life seeking revenge. All of these stories have one similarity in each one of them a person seeks revenge and only ends up getting hurt. Not only does revenge end up hurting you, revenge ends up hurting others.
Justice means having justification for the actions being taken. Vengeance means taking action because of being wronged. This movie has a little of both, in my opinion, but it is something a little different. There’s justice for the sake of justice, and then there’s justice for the sake of vengeance. Each one could be called something different, but the meaning of each one is the same. Justice for the sake of justice is when something is done for the sake of the law, such as Ringo being taken back to “the pen” because he escaped. Curly does not want to, and, in the end, he doesn’t, but he keeps saying he is going to. Justice for the sake of vengeance is when action is taken against someone or something who has wronged you and it is justified.
Retribution is something done or given to somebody as punishment or vengeance for something he or she has done. Those who side with retribution usually do not consider trying to improve a criminal in any way and attempting to make him or her an asset to society. Usually, their motto would be, “An eye for an eye.” An example of this would be a person raping a person’s daughter, so someone who knew they daughter reacting and going after the person or maybe even their daughter and raping them. Retribution is usually not carried out by the criminal justice system but by vengeance and society taking the law into their own hands. Several people do not believe that retribution is the most effective way to go about punishing criminals due to the fact that it sends out the wrong message to those around us.
Revenge was being classified as a sin in the bible, and is looked down upon in society, is still being presented by the media. The media is controlling the way in which we look at revenge, as it is constantly praised unintentionally with the amount of times it is showcased on the news and in movies, when in reality, it is probably the worse case of action.
Retribution should be taken for the violent crimes that are committed. Justice means that criminals get what they deserve. The punishment must fit the crime.