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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A Brilliant Defense of Revenge as a Necessary Condition for Justice
This book is required reading for those of us who--like me--are inclined to believe that retributive justice is morally wrong: why create more pain? Isn't there already enough of that in this vale of tears? No less a philosopher than Immanuel Kant (probably the greatest of all time) believed that justice requires retribution. Inspiring reading...
Published 20 months ago by Gregory F. Robel
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting, but the writing could use some major work
I certainly agree that Getting Even was an interesting look at revenge and it moral defensibility, and the book is worth a read if one doesn't have any other gripping texts lying around. However, I do whish the Barton had cut out some of the redundancy from text. One doesn't need to say the same thing five times in a row to get a simple point across. Also, better proof...
Published on April 5, 2001 by hallcp
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A Brilliant Defense of Revenge as a Necessary Condition for Justice,
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This review is from: Getting Even: Revenge As a Form of Justice (Paperback)
This book is required reading for those of us who--like me--are inclined to believe that retributive justice is morally wrong: why create more pain? Isn't there already enough of that in this vale of tears?
No less a philosopher than Immanuel Kant (probably the greatest of all time) believed that justice requires retribution. Inspiring reading for anyone who may, e.g., have a brother who abuses and makes death threats against his wife and children.
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting, but the writing could use some major work,
By "hallcp" (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Getting Even: Revenge As a Form of Justice (Paperback)
I certainly agree that Getting Even was an interesting look at revenge and it moral defensibility, and the book is worth a read if one doesn't have any other gripping texts lying around. However, I do whish the Barton had cut out some of the redundancy from text. One doesn't need to say the same thing five times in a row to get a simple point across. Also, better proof reading would have been nice (chapter four was esp. bad, IMHO).
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Getting Even: Revenge As a Form of Justice by Charles K. B. Barton (Paperback - June 18, 1999)
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