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What does it mean to fulfill the desire for revenge?
(1) Revenge must be punitive and retributive. The infliction of harm in response has to match or exceed the original act of harm.
(2) Revenge must be transformative. If the original offender doesn’t change, then the act of revenge loses meaning.
(3) Following from (2), revenge must be accompanied by an enduring justice. This justice necessitates a lasting source of judgment.
(4) Following from (2), the offender must willingly subject himself to the revenge + judgment in order to transform, so it must be incentivizing.
(5) The person at whom the desire for revenge is aimed must be the actual offender and not a puppet.
(6) Revenge must take place within a just world.
(a) If revenge is carried out which does not meet these 6 criteria, then it becomes shallow and loses meaning.
(b) The impulse for mindless, shallow forms of revenge distracts from the fulfillment of true revenge.
(c) The desire for true revenge inherently knows where to aim for its fulfillment, once the impulse for shallow revenge is cleared away.
(d) The desire for revenge, even for a just revenge, is socially unacceptable.
(1) Revenge must be punitive and retributive. The infliction of harm in response has to match or exceed the original act of harm.
(2) Revenge must be transformative. If the original offender doesn’t change, then the act of revenge loses meaning.
(3) Following from (2), revenge must be accompanied by an enduring justice. This justice necessitates a lasting source of judgment.
(4) Following from (2), the offender must willingly subject himself to the revenge + judgment in order to transform, so it must be incentivizing.
(5) The person at whom the desire for revenge is aimed must be the actual offender and not a puppet.
(6) Revenge must take place within a just world.
(a) If revenge is carried out which does not meet these 6 criteria, then it becomes shallow and loses meaning.
(b) The impulse for mindless, shallow forms of revenge distracts from the fulfillment of true revenge.
(c) The desire for true revenge inherently knows where to aim for its fulfillment, once the impulse for shallow revenge is cleared away.
(d) The desire for revenge, even for a just revenge, is socially unacceptable.