Date of Award
6-2017
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Leo Zaibert
Second Advisor
Robert Baker
Language
English
Keywords
retributive punishment, revenge
Abstract
We are often taught that revenge is morally wrong and retributive punishment is morally right. Many philosophers also hold that revenge is fundamentally different from retributive punishment. The purpose of this paper is to argue that: 1.) retributive punishment is not fundamentally different from revenge; and 2.) revenge is just.
Recommended Citation
DiGiorgio, Stephanie, "The Nature of Revenge" (2017). Honors Theses. 19.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/19