Revenge and the application of ethical justice by humans
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I would like to ask: Just as a person does not have the right to take revenge, and apparently the understanding is that revenge belongs only to God, does a person also not have the right to impose ethics and justice (of course, I assume that justice does exist), since this too is a matter for God (unless He commands us to implement it).
That is, my question is, to the extent that we understand that a person has no right to take revenge, should we not have the right to enforce justice and impose ethics?
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My question is when there is no divine command, except for example in ethics according to Kant. Why can one impose it on him (even in the case where there is no argument that it is the ethical command)? Is it because ethics is itself constitutive because of the God of morality (the God that Kant got into trouble defining)? So then it is not for me, perhaps the entire command is binding on me personally, but how can it be imposed on others (again, even if they believe in it)?
Coercion is to save the other from the consequences of the act, not to ensure that the other does the right thing.
What is the consequence of not keeping a commandment?
I was talking about moral coercion. Halachic coercion is a halachic determination, and there it may be because of the (spiritual?) consequences or even just to make a person behave properly. God can also order coercion for the second reason.
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