Justice vs Retribution - What's the difference?
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The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
* Shakespeare
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
The civil power dealing with law.
A judge of certain courts. Also capitalized as a title.
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
*1983 , Richard A. Posner, The economics of justice m p.208:
*:Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender.
* 1999 , , Medieval crime and social control , p.73:
*:1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong.
*:2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not.
*:3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution.
*:4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.
As nouns the difference between justice and retribution
is that justice is the state or characteristic of being just or fair while retribution is punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.As a proper noun Justice
is {{surname|A=An occupational|from=occupations}.justice
English
Noun
(en-noun)- the justice of a description
- This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
- Justice was served.
- to demand justice
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
- ''Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court