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Retribution may refer to: Punishment; Retributive justice, a theory of justice Divine retribution, retributive justice in a religious context; Revenge, a harmful ...
Retributive justice is a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime.As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retributive justice—is not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards.
Hegelian Retribution: Punishment annuls the wrong done. Liability: The offender had knowledge that he would be punished if he committed the acts, and he, therefore, deserves punishment if he does it. Social Contract Theory: We make a contract to give up certain rights in order for other rights to be protected, when we break that contract we ...
In some versions of the myth, Medusa was turned into her monstrous form as divine retribution for her vanity; in others it was a punishment for being raped by Poseidon. The Bible refers to divine retribution as, in most cases, being delayed or "treasured up" to a future time. [4]
Retribution plot. The new Liam Neeson movie follows a father who receives a strange phone call while commuting with his kids one day. The mystery caller has rigged the car with bombs, sending the ...
The principle of Lex talionis in Islam is Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص) as mentioned in Qur'an, 2:178: "O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution (Qisas) for those murdered – the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should ...
Trump’s first wave of cabinet nominations and White House appointments, within the week after he won the 2024 presidential election, have stunned members of Congress, veterans and active-duty ...
The political left is a master of projection, focusing on Jan. 6 "insurrection" while downplaying the deaths and carnage of left-wing riots.