Don T Confuse Revenge With Justice Analysis
In the world today, many people mix up the terms Revenge and Justice. Many believe that with revenge comes justice and justice always starts with revenge. “Yet certain overlaps between--and ambiguities within--the two terms do exist.” claims Leon F. Seltzer in Don’t Confuse Revenge With Justice: Five Key Differences article. This description conveys that although there are similarities, there are major differences that override them. For example, “it would be convenient to advance the claim that justice is fair and revenge is not. But as the words “just revenge” suggest, revenge--depending in its underlying conditions, motivations, and execution--might be either just or unjust, fair or (frankly) outrageously out of proportion to the wrong
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Revenge is a selfish quality that only benefits you, and helps nobody else. The predominant emotions that occur when revenge is achieved include: hurt, anger, spite, guilt and many more to follow; the emotions that make revenge different from justice are all selfish emotions that again, only benefit (or harm) you. For example “Revenge is mostly about “acting out” (typically through violence) markedly negative emotions.” “Justice...isn’t really about “getting even” or experiencing a spiteful joy in retaliation. Instead, it’s about righting a wrong…”. Seltzer tells us in his Don’t Confuse Revenge With Justice: Five Key Differences article, that “revenge has a certain selfish quality to it, “cool” justice is selfless in that it relies on non-self-interested, established law.” This snippet is describing that revenge is selfish and only done for the good of one, whereas justice is done for the good of many. Revenge is also an act of vindictiveness that is claimed to happen in cycles. The cycles can occur between a span of 24 hours to 24 years, because it doesn't happen just once. “Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.” --Dean
Revenge is a selfish quality that only benefits you, and helps nobody else. The predominant emotions that occur when revenge is achieved include: hurt, anger, spite, guilt and many more to follow; the emotions that make revenge different from justice are all selfish emotions that again, only benefit (or harm) you. For example “Revenge is mostly about “acting out” (typically through violence) markedly negative emotions.” “Justice...isn’t really about “getting even” or experiencing a spiteful joy in retaliation. Instead, it’s about righting a wrong…”. Seltzer tells us in his Don’t Confuse Revenge With Justice: Five Key Differences article, that “revenge has a certain selfish quality to it, “cool” justice is selfless in that it relies on non-self-interested, established law.” This snippet is describing that revenge is selfish and only done for the good of one, whereas justice is done for the good of many. Revenge is also an act of vindictiveness that is claimed to happen in cycles. The cycles can occur between a span of 24 hours to 24 years, because it doesn't happen just once. “Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.” --Dean