When someone causes harm (physical, economic, moral, etc.) that is not in legitimate self-defense against the aggressor, it is just to make amends. This should preferably be done voluntarily, accompanied by repentance and a sincere apology. However, when this does not occur, the correct course of action is to compel the aggressor to provide compensation. A broken vase remains incomplete until it is mended, and the same applies to a situation of abuse.
WHOEVER CAUSES HARM MUST REPAIR IT!
Making amends is much more restorative for the victim than sanctions, punishment, or revenge… read more at…
LET’S REPAIR THE DAMAGE!: Compensation is better than punishment or retaliation
Compensation can basically take two forms:
1. Financial, by providing a fair amount of money.
2. Work hours, for the victim, for a private company, or a public entity that, in turn, financially compensates the injured party or whomever they designate (for example, NGOs dedicated to preventing the type of aggression the victim suffered).
It is always just to provide full reparation:
ALWAYS
“Always” simply means always, unlike what happens in many cases and places, where there is a whole casuistry of unredressed impunity. “Always” includes when the victimizer is insolvent, in which case they can compensate with work hours. It also applies to minor grievances, such as petty theft, or when the abuser resorts to tricks, like committing misdeeds through a commercial company that they then dissolve to continue operating under a different corporate name to, for example, avoid paying creditors. In some countries like the United States or Germany, the new company or those responsible are held accountable, but in others, like Spain, this is not the case.
LET US REPAIR THE HARM!: Let us require work in the event of insolvency
Furthermore, damage is repaired not only when it is intentional (the aggressor knew they were causing harm), but also in situations where it was unclear whether their conduct could cause harm or not, but they had no interest in finding out due to negligence, indifference, carelessness, and selfish interests.
IN FULL
This means compensating to the point where the aggrieved party finds it worthwhile to have first suffered the harm and then received compensation, filling the jar until it overflows. For example, if a woman is raped, the just reparation is one with which she would say: “It was worth it to be raped.”
And in cases where 100% compensation is not possible, the just approach is to achieve the maximum possible percentage, and for the State to complete the compensation using funds from cases where overcompensation occurs… read more at…
LET US REPAIR THE HARM!: Let us give the fair amount of compensation
WHAT IF THE VICTIM IS DECEASED?
It is reasonable that reparation should benefit those whom the person concerned would have wished. Since it is not easy to determine that intention, one may start from the presumption that the aggrieved person would have wanted to leave the compensation to their heirs, although it could also be that they would have preferred to give all or part of it to an organisation or cause, for example to fight against the abuse of which they were a victim. Such assessments fall, in each case, to any party responsible for the harm who wishes to repair it voluntarily, or to any judge who establishes it as mandatory.
Thus, for example, the harm we have caused to the tens of thousands of non-human farm and fish farm animals we have consumed throughout our lives can be redressed by fighting against the victimization of these animals. This would probably have been the victims’ will.
LET’S REPAIR THE DAMAGE!: Also the damage caused to non-human animals
AND WHEN SOCIETY IS THE VICTIM?
When harm is caused to society as a whole, it is also appropriate to make amends. For example, in cases of theft, physical assault, or rape, it is equitable to pay police and judicial costs, as well as to compensate the community for the reduced quality of life that insecurity entails.
AND WHAT IF THE VICTIMIZERS ARE MINORS, PETS, OR THE STATE?
Parents are responsible for assuming liability for damages caused by their minor children, and pet owners for damages caused by their pets. No one is obligated to be a parent, but all who choose this option must take responsibility for the possible consequences.
It is also just that politicians and public officials repair the damages (including moral damages) they cause to specific citizens or to society as a whole in cases of malfeasance, corruption, embezzlement, convictions without sufficient evidence, or wasteful spending due to selfish interests. If they cause harm acting in good faith, it is fair for the State to compensate, but when this is not the case, taxpayers should not bear that compensation; rather, the abuser should, from their own pocket and, if necessary, with work hours.
It is also just that the State pays the citizen who wins lawsuits the legal costs incurred by them, as well as the moral damages caused by the former.
To live in a just society, it is necessary to avoid unredressed impunity, which is the perfect breeding ground for abuses to perpetuate. In fact, criminology experts affirm that the best way to maintain law and order in a society is to strive to be as just as possible.
But, unfortunately, all of the above is an ideal of justice that does not correspond to reality, at least in many countries.
If you want to make it a reality and achieve a more just world, I encourage you to:
1. Sign this campaign to demand full reparation for all damages and harms caused to innocents… SIGN NOW!…
2. Sign this campaign to demand that prison sentences be replaced, as far as possible, by reparation for damages and re-education… SIGN NOW!…
LET US REPAIR THE HARM!: Let us avoid prison where possible and guarantee dignified conditions
3. Share these signature campaigns and this message with as many people as possible.
4. Educate your children and grandchildren on the ethics of redressing damages caused. Read more…
Thank you for doing so to achieve a less harmful and more just world to live in,
Xavier Paya
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