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    It is not the case that Retributivism and revenge share the same foundational logic: the wrongdoer deserves to suffer in proportion to the harm inflicted.

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    • 1.Retributivism aims at justice through impartial institutions; revenge seeks personal satisfaction—fundamentally different goals.
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    • 2.Retributivism requires proportional *constraint*; revenge is unlimited emotional response with no principled upper bound.
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    • 3.Retributivism can coexist with rehabilitation and reintegration; revenge is incompatible with any benefit to the wrongdoer.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Both retributivism and revenge operate on proportionality: inflicting suffering equal to harm caused.
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    • 2.Both reject consequentialist justifications and focus on what the wrongdoer morally deserves, not outcomes.
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    • 3.Both satisfy a deep intuition that moral wrongs create debts payable through suffering by the perpetrator.
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