Whats the difference- say someone or thing harms you then you get money for damages that you actually need is it revenge? justice or just need?
2007-09-28 05:38:04 · 10 answers · asked by theroadwetake 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Monetary compensation is for damages caused by or at the hands of someone else that is not or was not your fault.
Insurances pay the damages to a vehicle in an automobile accident. They pay the medical bills for whoever was injured in the accident.
True justice is "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", meaning if you knock out someone's eye, you can never replace it. They have the right to take away your eye from you.
The solution to such barbaric justice is called forgiveness. At some point in time the constant demand for retaliation must stop, and someone somewhere needs to let it go and forgive the injustice.
True justice comes when someone else's pain equals your own.
True forgiveness comes when you let go of your pain and move on from the devastation.
2007-09-28 05:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by enn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That money which restores you to the point where you were before the damage is justice. In the legal system, this is called compensatory damages.
Any money you receive beyond that point could be considered revenge. The legal system refers to this as punitive damages.
The mistake our legal system makes is in granting the punitive damages to the victim. Once they have been made whole, the remainder of the monetary award should be used wisely, to help people or pay down the deficit.
And the lawyers shouldn't see a penny of that amount!!!!!
2007-09-28 05:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by Rick K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Justice pertains to judgment, which is the assignment of merited rewards or punishments. As anyone who has taken a psychology class knows, punishment is anything that decreases the likelihood of an action in the future. If a person is sentenced to eternal damnation, then there is no future for them; their soul will dwell there in unimaginable suffering and agony for all eternity. Because there is no future for the person who has been condemned there, hell is an invalid punishment. This means it can only be revenge, not justice.
2016-05-20 23:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the issue.
If someone hits you with their car. Your going to have doctor bills and therapy from the incedent. Yes they need to pay. As for funds above your bills yes they need to pay that also. While your recovering from what they have done you could be making your own money.
Someone slanders you should they pay. Not really but if they didn't make them pay they would just keep doing it.
The best method to stop an unkind act is to sting them in their pocket book and wallet. Many people will listen when you start talking about taking their money legally.
2007-09-28 05:48:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting money for the damages is justice,if you need the money or not.
Revenge is if you in return try and also harm the person who harmed you..
2007-09-28 05:47:53 · answer #5 · answered by Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's the job of the rong doer to fix what he has done. And in the mean time financially support the victum(s) untill the healing is complete.
2007-09-28 05:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a consequence of negligent behavior on the harmful person.
2007-09-28 05:43:41 · answer #7 · answered by anaise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none of the above.....refer to Maslow's hierarchy of needs and find out what a need is.
what you describe are "wants". And greed figures in there, as well as coincidence.
2007-09-28 05:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lay off the grass man.. That is too deep.
2007-09-28 05:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by Veteranschoice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit of both.
2007-09-28 05:44:40 · answer #10 · answered by joe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋