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Vengeance is the decision of an individual or comparatively small group, leading to paying someone back for evils that they did upon you or one close to you, uncaring of what their reasons, circumstances, or other actions are. Often, it doesn't matter what impedes it; vengeance will stop at nothing until the debt is repaid.
Justice is the decision of many, the majority, leading to paying someone back for the evils that they did, relative to the evils that they did. It is not purely focused upon the punishment, but upon all the reasons surrounding it, why it's deserved and why it was done.
An example could be this: a person is abused by another person who has guardianship over them in some way, shape, or form. The way of vengeance would be that person retaliating by abusing them in turn. The way of justice would be working to have the abuse brought to light in the eyes of others, so that the abuser can be appropriately punished according to the law.
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∙ 12y agoRevenge is retaliation; seeking to harm someone who has harmed you.
Justice brings into question the whole action before responding in kind, by asking for the motives and reasons for the harm. Even then, justice may require that the person doing harm suffer less than the one he has harmed. Because justice is supposed to be a fair and unbiased response to the harmful act, it is never administered by the person harmed, as revenge always is.
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