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Question: Is revenge wrong or right!?
in your own words why is it wrong or right!. speak form the heart!.

for me it is wrong because it is like a fixation!. i know it doesn't look like karma exists but i think that it really does and we just don't see it because it happens to the person in their personal life!. we don't know about it!. thinking about revenge just wastes my time and energy and just doesn't work for me!. usually!. i don't think it is that black and white exactly!. there are exceptions!.

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Hmmm, it depends on the situation!. I think consequences for our actions may be better than revenge, revenge may not be worth it!. However, both revenge and not doing anything can both be the wrong thing to do!. If you let someone walk all over you, and continue to let that happen, then it is wrong to not do anything about it!. Standing up for yourself, or treating someone the same way they treated you to show them how bad it is, well, it's respectable, but not always right, but done for the right reasons!.

This is a very tricky question!.

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Define it first: if you mean simple retaliation, then it is sometimes good!. It is good because, as some game theorists will tell you, society works better when everyone expects Tit-for-Tat (i!.e!., retaliation)!. If think Lex Talionis is the foundation for the Golden Rule (do unto others!.!.!.)!.

But in actual situations, it is hard to tell what would count as retaliation without excess!. For instance, proper retaliation could very well be asymmetrical instead of symmetrical!. What I mean by that is it is sometimes a better (cheaper and just as significant) retaliation to deprive one who hurts you physically of your moral or financial support!. So, as with almost everything in philosophy, the challenge is in defining the right measure from within the eye of the storm of everyday experience!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I go through life minding my own business!. Not bothering anyone else!.
Unfortunately there are people in life that make EVERYONE ELSE'S BUSINESS - their business!! Especially when they can cause harm to others!.

I have had my share of people who have made me their "mission in life" to make life hard for me!. When that happens, I write down that something bad is going to happen to them!. And it always does!. I do nothing to them, it just happens to them!.

Revenge!. But I never actually did anything to them!.

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Right off the bat, before I even read the details of your question, my answer was "Revenge is soooo right"!
To me, if someone hurts me so bad that I feel like revenge is a neccassary solution to make me feel better, than obviously revenge is needed!. And therefore right!.
If well deserved revenge is right!.
Similar to the 'taste of your own medicine" theory!.
If someone does something that hurts you, they need to pay for that mistake, and they will learn!.
Revenge is a learning device!.
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If a person does something terrible to you (e!.g!. kills your pet), in anger you want them to know what it feels like, they can't get away with it because they deserve to be punished for their action

It depends on the situation if it's right or wrong!.!.!. The other person needs to get a taste of their own medicine, but then again you're just as bad as them if you're getting revenge!. But then again!.!.!. revenge is sweet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well it depends for me
lets say some one kills some one i love, at that moment it won't cross my mind that revenge is a bad thing!. i'll screw them up!. but if it was an accident then no!. other than that i think it's wrong!. well as long as they don't do somethig on purpose =)
it's a cruel world u need to stay protected, u can't always do the good thing!. i have always done the good thing and have tried to be as good as a person i possibly can!. but then there is a line, if u cross that line and want to come and hurt me on purpose or hurt my family and friends, then i'll do anything i can to make them feel the same way i did!. it's called teaching some one a lesson so they won't continue to do the same things to others =)Www@QuestionHome@Com

"An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind"!.
Revenge is wrong, but justice for actual crimes committed against you is right!. If someone has treated you badly, they can't be very happy people within themselves!. Only good thoughts, good words and good actions lead to happiness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

don't get revenge get even!. if you let someone step all over you, everybody will!. standing up for yourself and getting retribution is the american way!.-blureyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Justice is about harmony!. Revenge is about making yourself feel better!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Revenge is definitely wrongWww@QuestionHome@Com

Revenge is always wrong, but it so often feels right!.

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"Vengeance is Mine", sayeth the Lord!Www@QuestionHome@Com

For me is wrong!. What goes around comes back around!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Revenge is right!. It makes you feel good: "take that you stupid b*tch"!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

If it was right, when would it stop!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Don't confuse Justice with revenge!. Justice is punishment, necessary to discourage further crime!. Revenge is the result of anger, and I feel is wrong!.

"It is natural for the immature to harm others!.
Getting angry with them is like resenting a fire for burning!."
Shantideva

A BAG OF NAILS
Once upon a time there was a little boy with a bad temper!. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should hammer a nail in the fence!. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence!. But gradually, the number of daily nails dwindled down!. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence!.
Finally the first day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all!.

He proudly told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper!. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone!. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence!.

"You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence!. The fence will never be the same!. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one!. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out, it won't matter how many times you say 'I'm sorry', the wound is still there!."

the Dalai Lama mentioned:
"When reason ends, then anger begins!.
Therefore, anger is a sign of weakness!."

the Bible for example in Psalm 37, 14-16 it reads:

"The angry ones draw their swords, the angry ones aim their bows
To put down the poor and the weakened and to kill those who walk on the path of righteousness!.
But their sword hits their own heart, their bows will be broken!.
With his poverty, the righteous one is richer than all the angry ones in their abundance!."

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned!."
The Buddha

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