Is revenge the best way to prove honor?

Question

i will be on a debate tomorrow and i want to share with you our point of argument.... btw, i'm hoping for pro answers,, but it's also good if we'll have a debate here... :)

Answer 1

No, revenge is never the answer.

Answer 2

Revenge is to exact punishment or expiation for a wrong on behalf of, esp. in a resentful or vindictive spirit: Revenge or vengeance consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response to perceived wrongdoing. Although many aspects of revenge resemble or echo the concept of justice, revenge usually has a more injurious than harmonious goal. The vengeful wish consists of forcing the perceived wrongdoer to suffer the same pain that they inflicted in the first place, or of making sure that the wrongdoer can never inflict such an injury upon anyone else.

Whereas

Proving honor is honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions.
Honour or honor (see spelling differences) comprises the reputation, self-perception or moral identity of an individual or of a group.
Honor has several senses. The first fore most sense described honor as "nobility of soul, magnanimity, and a scorn of meanness." This sort of honor derives from the perceived virtuous conduct and personal integrity of the person endowed with it.
So, Revenge and proving honor are two opposite things.
You can not prove honor by taking revenge and on the other hand proving honor itself a big revenge and the opponent will feel his mistake. Hence Revnge is not correct way.

Answer 3

As violence begets more violence, revenge only begets more revenge. It's taking the easy way out. Look at the Middle East today. Everyone wants revenge for trespasses going as far back as 1000 years and so many innocent people continue to die annually because of it. Where is the honor in that?

Mohandas Ghandi maintained his honor while achieving great things for India and never taking revenge against England for their tyranny. Martin Luther King Jr did the same thing for African-Americans.

Only a heart filled with hate takes revenge.

Answer 4

This is question that probably could look to "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo. Revenge is a dish best served cold....to quote Don Vito Corleone. Revenge is less to do with honour and more to do with fear, if someone fears you they will not do anything that requires revenge and therefore will not do anything to dishonour you therefore your honour is intact. QED revenge maintains honour. However the act performed as revenge may not in itself be honourable, See the story of Luca Brasi in the Godfather, so in reality revenge is an act of dishonour. Honor though is based in what society deems it to be, or sub set thereof and as such if the done thing in the case of someone raping your daughter is to cut the nadger off the offender then in doing so you have reestablished the honour of your family. Where I come from by the way and the sub set I belong this course of action would be considered dishonourable

Answer 5

I don't even see how revenge and honor are connected. At most it is a tedious link. Exacting revenge does not prove you either have, or do not have honoor. Revenge is basically 'wanting to get your own back'. This can be done with or without honour. There are many different meanings to the word honour - for example it can mean that one stands firm with regard to moral principles, it can mean fame or glory as it can merely describe an award. If I assume you mean honour as in one's own honour then I would reaffirm my first statement that they are not connected. It is more likely through hurt pride rather than honour that revenge is sought.

Answer 6

Study the life of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi - leaders who have been wronged. Their speeches and examples will give you endless clues for "against".
To get ideas for the pros, study the lives and speeches of hate and venom and revenge e.g. Osama bin Ladin and maybe even Bush and perhaps include Dick Cheney.
Study the immediate outcomes and their long term effects both on their personal lives, those around them and to society and mankind as a whole.
Good luck and that is what a debate should do - sets you thinking.

Answer 7

Revenge has absolutely nothing at all to do with honor!

If someone has done something bad to you, the best way to prove that you, at least, have honor, is to show sympathy towards the offending person. If that person is without honor, your sympathy will upset them terribly, in a way giving you revenge, by showing that you, unlike them, do have honor. If, however, the slight was unintentional, then you will have given them a chance to apologise for their mistakes.

Answer 8

They say that revenge is a dish best served cold.
Personally I think that revenge in the name of honor is load of bulls***.
Revenge is about getting your own back on someone by doing something even worse to them, which means stooping down BELOW their level. Whats so Honourable about that??

Answer 9

It depends on the situation. We took revenge on Iraq for 911 and to this day there is no proof they were involved,let alone nuclear weapons. As a Vietnam Veteran I will always support our troops where ever they may be sent, regardless of my opinion. We as human beings seem to thrive on violence and at war with each other since the beginning of time. Bottom line it`s nature,whether it`s human or animal. I hope this helps. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR DEBATE!

Answer 10

revenge never will prove honor it causes more conflict which can escalate into something much bigger honor will be earned more by accepting what has happened ang go forward in a more possitive way.
by taking revenge you stoop to the same level and will encourage more problems for yourself because revenge NEVER ends and becomes conflict and always ends in disaster for everyone, and the saying revenge is sweet is untrue

Answer 11

Yes, I believe it is.

If someone has caused enough offence for the revenge to have gone beyond the emotional stage, and is based purely on the desire to even the scales of justice then its fine. After all, isn't our whole justice system based on this principle, the un-biased balancing of a wrong with the punishment (revenge) that fits the crime.