“Justice is just revenge dressed up in formal clothes”
Agree
- Both seek to make wrongdoers suffer
- Punishment satisfies same emotional need as revenge
- Victims want payback, we call it justice
- Legal systems evolved from blood feuds
Disagree
- Justice aims at fairness, revenge at satisfaction
- Justice is impartial, revenge is personal
- Rehabilitation matters in justice, not revenge
- Justice considers proportionality and rights
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