Eye for an eye
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The meaning of the principle, an eye for an eye, is that a person who has injured another person receives the same injury in compensation.
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See also
- Aggression
- Bubuti system
- Deterrence theory
- Forgiveness
- Golden Rule
- Mutual assured destruction
- Non-aggression principle
- Pacifism
- Norm of reciprocity
- Retributive justice
- Revenge
- Two wrongs make a right
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