I think you covered it all.
On Aug 25, 5:00 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Revenge or vengeance consists of retaliation against a person or group
> in response to perceived wrongdoing. Although many aspects of revenge
> resemble or echo the concept of making things equal, revenge usually
> has a more injurious than constructive goal. The vengeful wish is to
> make the perceived wrongdoer go through what they put the victim
> through or to make sure the wrongdoer can never do what they did
> again.
>
> Revenge has been a popular theme for art and culture throughout
> history. Many popular motion pictures have used it as a central theme,
> including Payback, Death Wish, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star
> Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and Kill Bill. Classic literary examples of
> revenge stories include The Oresteia, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice,
> Don Giovanni, and Moby-Dick.
>
> Revenge seen in the light of ethics highlights the tension between
> what we think of a just versus what we think of as right. But even in
> the light of ethics, some may accept revenge as the ethical
> alternative when an impartial system of justice is missing or
> ineffective, reasoning that punishment of wrongdoers is a better
> alternative than no punishment whatsoever. In these cases, it seems
> reasonable that revenge may be an appropriate reaction to small
> infractions, assuming the revenge is kept small as well.
>
> What do YOU think?
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