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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.
An example of divine retribution is the story found in many cultures about a great flood destroying all of humanity, as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Hindu Vedas, or the Book of Genesis (6:9–8:22), leaving one principal 'chosen' survivor.
Kavka refers back to philosophical concepts of retribution by Thomas Hobbes. He states that if something supposedly held up as a moral standard or common social rule is violated enough in society, then an individual or group within society can break that standard or rule as well, since this keeps them from being unfairly disadvantaged.
The president is wasting no time in following through on his frequent campaign trail vows for retribution – with a torrent of purges and pardons. ... For example, former first lady Hillary ...
For example, if a person caused the death of another person, the killer would be put to death. [6] Various ideas regarding the origins of this law exist, but a common one is that it developed as early civilizations grew and a less well-established system for retribution of wrongs, feuds and vendettas, threatened the social
More attempts at retribution could be in store if Trump's picks for attorney general and FBI director are confirmed. He's nominated Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department and Kash Patel to lead ...
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio told Alex Jones that anyone involved in convicting or investigating January 6 rioters “need to pay for what they did.” (AFP via Getty Images)
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.