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"[Morality and ethics; equal reciprocity; ‘the Golden Rule of treating others as you’d like to be treated’; Emotions and actions are contagious; Life is a mirror - what you show it, it will show you back:] The concept of revenge is as old as history. Almost since the dawn of recorded history, humans have had the desire to exact vengeance on others who have wronged us. For example, The Code of Hammurabi, the code of law from the sixth king of Babylon, was implemented about 1760 C.E., making it the oldest recorded set of laws in human history. The code is rooted firmly in the belief in an eye for an eye; in fact, that’s almost exactly how the concept was phrased. The Code of Hammurabi marked the official beginning of standardized revenge. It informs our way of thinking today. Indeed, our modern legal system is based on society’s ability to carry out revenge against those who break its laws [rather than the individual’s involved doing the reciprocal revenge - which seems to perpetuate tit-for-tat retribution endlessly]. Yet our thirst for vengeance goes far beyond the social contract. The desire to see harm befall those who wrong us begins on a very personal level, within the brain of the victim. Neuroscientists have found that the dorsal striatum, a part of the brain responsible for reward, also governs revenge. [Vladimir Dinets, an Adjunct Lecturer, in Zoology, at the Kean University, whose research focuses on animal behaviour, states that ‘Yes, animals do practice revenge. Chimps do it, for example. Macaques do it, too, although not directly: if they cannot attack the offender because he is much stronger, they would hurt someone weaker instead, sometimes the attacker’s relative.’]" - howstuffworks.com
[Refer https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-biggest-cases-of-revenge.htm and https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/06/do-animals-practice-revenge/ for V. Dinets quote]
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