Can anyone here explain the difference between retaliation and punishment to me? I find these concepts to be very similar sometimes the same. What’s the difference?
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Retaliation and punishment serve different ends. Punishment seeks to reconcile a person’s unacceptable behaviour in order to restore a state of justice agreed upon by members of a group. Punishment also serves to deter others from behaving similarly.
Retaliation seeks only to satisfy feelings of vengeance, regardless of agreed principles of justice.
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