Payback : the case for revenge /

Rosenbaum, Thane.

Payback : the case for revenge / Thane Rosenbaum. - 314 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.

Introduction -- Running away from revenge -- Just deserts -- The emotions of revenge -- The science of mad -- Why we punish? -- Other cultures and revenge -- When self-help is permissible -- Release revenge.

Discusses how the desire for revenge is part of human nature and argues that revenge is synonymous with justice.

9780226726618 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226726614 (cloth : alk. paper)

2012043341

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016260732 Uk


Punishment--Philosophy.
Punishment--Philosophy.

K 5103 .R674 2013