Justice and Revenge

@fmf said
Justice and Revenge

What’s the difference between them?

Off the top of my head, justice has to do with the whole; if this happens to protect the whole, something must be done to correct or satisfy justice, or the whole is not living on a level playing field, while revenge is self-serving.

-Removed-

I think "revenge" CAN be all these things, certainly. But I'm not convinced the definition of "revenge", in and of itself, carries all this badness.

@fmf said
"Revenge" is one of the [several] functions of punishment, I think.

Moral rationales for PUNISHMENT:

deterrence,
incapacitation,
rehabilitation,
retribution,
restitution

I suppose "retribution" is the nearest to "vengeance".

@fmf said
Moral rationales for PUNISHMENT:

deterrence,
incapacitation,
rehabilitation,
retribution,
restitution

deterrence - doesn't work if the punishment is not credible
incapacitation - doesn't really apply if someone is not able to re-offend
rehabilitation - doesn't apply if the punishment is permanent or fatal
retribution - doesn't deliver justice if the punishment is morally incoherent
restitution - doesn't apply if there are no victims

Mmm. All this does not bode well for the coherence and credibility of the torturer God ideology.