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Is an eye for an eye wrong?

Zepherus

Zepherus

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Hi,


This question has bothered me for a while now:
"Is an eye for an eye wrong?"

Basically, if someone wrongs you, is it ok to wrong them back?

Theoretically this should balance the unbalancing which has been done. They wronged you, and you wronged them back, and now your on equal standing, but is this really true?

If someone pushes you without warning, you are faced with an ethical decision.
"He pushed me, should I push him back? How should i handle the situation?"

If you push him, it would be out of the ideology that pushing him back rights the wrong, or at least balances it, but thats not really the case.

He pushed you without warning, he would probably be expecting a reaction from you (obviously not a nice one).He might even know you well enough to anticipate that you would push him back. This isn't really balancing the equation because he was expecting it, it was at his convenience, where as it wasn't for you.
A better solution would be to push him back twice.

Doing this, you push him back once, which balance the equation (at least in his mind). But as soon as you push him the second time, you have wronged him more than he has you, and therefore unbalanced the situation toward him, just as he did to you, which is a more accurate way of getting an equal effect than just pushing back once.

Once you do this, he is the one thats faced with the ethical decision.
He pushed you, and you pushed him. But you pushed him back twice; doesn't this mean he can push you back?

Post your thoughts.

When someone wrongs you, is it ok to wrong them back? If someone insults you once is it just to insult them back twice?


Post away ^^
 
I don't think it's wrong, the person who did something wrong is going to get punished somehow anyways, while by the law or by the person he wronged, it might as well happen.
 
Its wrong, but its not right for someone to harm you in the first place, making
it all wrong from the very beginning
 
I think it's ok to hurt / cause harm to people who ahve done same to you.
 
Dream said:
I think it's ok to hurt / cause harm to people who ahve done same to you.
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Why would be harming someone that harmed you be alright?
You didn't enjoy being harmed so why inflict that pain back onto him/her?
Be the bigger man and just walk away, simple as that.
 
Ever heard of Karma? If someone does something bad to you, Karma will eventually get them :)

So yes it's wrong.
 
Rsismyname said:
Ever heard of Karma? If someone does something bad to you, Karma will eventually get them :)

So yes it's wrong.
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Do you have any empirical evidence of a spiritual force that records the actions of every individual, and reciprocates those actions towards them?
 
Shredderbeam said:
Do you have any empirical evidence of a spiritual force that records the actions of every individual, and reciprocates those actions towards them?
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Hmm I'm not going to post things like that again :S
 
jesus said "" when some one slaps you on left...give him your right face to be slapped"" not really those words but thats wht i understood

JESUS BASICALLY TOLD US NOT TO HARM EACH OTHER AND ALSO NOT BOTHER SOMEONE WITH MEAN WORDS.
 
Kimo rulz said:
jesus said "" when some one slaps you on left...give him your right face to be slapped"" not really those words but thats wht i understood

JESUS BASICALLY TOLD US NOT TO HARM EACH OTHER AND ALSO NOT BOTHER SOMEONE WITH MEAN WORDS.
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Jesus does not exist.
 
Kimo rulz said:
jesus said "" when some one slaps you on left...give him your right face to be slapped"" not really those words but thats wht i understood

JESUS BASICALLY TOLD US NOT TO HARM EACH OTHER AND ALSO NOT BOTHER SOMEONE WITH MEAN WORDS.
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I think you mean 'turn the other cheek...' I don't know what it would be logically, but most of the time I try to turn the other cheek, just makes things easier in the end.
 
Kimo rulz said:
jesus said "" when some one slaps you on left...give him your right face to be slapped"" not really those words but thats wht i understood

JESUS BASICALLY TOLD US NOT TO HARM EACH OTHER AND ALSO NOT BOTHER SOMEONE WITH MEAN WORDS.
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gtfo with your jesus shit.


I have to go on both sides here.

Like shrooder has taught me, revenge is not something that is good.

But, if you are wronged, you shall seek vengance in getting your full pays worth back.

So yeah..
 
Well, an eye for an eye is way too broad for this argument. In some circumstances yes, it could be right. For example, if i steal your teddy bear, its your right to either steal it back or take one of mine. But, if i were to stab you in the leg. Would you come to my house and stab me in the leg back? I would already be in trouble for assault, but it does not give you the right to come and stab me back. Yes, you have the ABILITY to do so, but not the right. So it depends on the circumstances of which you are in.
 
Light said:
Well, an eye for an eye is way too broad for this argument. In some circumstances yes, it could be right. For example, if i steal your teddy bear, its your right to either steal it back or take one of mine. But, if i were to stab you in the leg. Would you come to my house and stab me in the leg back? I would already be in trouble for assault, but it does not give you the right to come and stab me back. Yes, you have the ABILITY to do so, but not the right. So it depends on the circumstances of which you are in.
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But either way you or doing something wrong and they both
have consequences
 
juvenilepunk said:
But either way you or doing something wrong and they both
have consequences
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Yes, but one can do more damage than another, physically and emotionally. The consequences for stealing A TEDDY BEAR are a lot worse than STABBING SOMEONE IN THE LEG. So if it is under the appropriate circumstances then i approve. But if it is taken too far, beyond the point of the original crime, then i do not approve.
 
Light said:
Yes, but one can do more damage than another, physically and emotionally. The consequences for stealing A TEDDY BEAR are a lot worse than STABBING SOMEONE IN THE LEG. So if it is under the appropriate circumstances then i approve. But if it is taken too far, beyond the point of the original crime, then i do not approve.
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So is it better to let it go or take revenge?
 
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