Concept in Definition ABC

If we had to use a word to define what a revenge is, we would say that it is a revenge.

The concept of revenge expresses the desire to restore a negative situation in the past. This idea is applicable to all kinds of human situations: rivalry between countries, sports competition or children's games. In any circumstance where there is a rematch, the general mechanism is pretty much the same:

1- Two parties face each other.
2- There is a dispute and one of the parties loses and in response there is a reaction, leading to the next step.
3- the request or desire for revenge of the loser.

This procedure is so general that there is even talk of revenge, which is the attitude by which compensation is attempted for defeat.

From Psychology, and the need to win

If the sense of revenge is analyzed from a psychological point of view, an aspect is distinguished obvious: the human being wants to win (in a battle, in a soccer game or playing marbles). Given this indisputable fact, we can do the following

question: Why do we like to win so much? There is a fairly simple first answer: because it is better than losing.

However, another possible answer is related to competitiveness. Darwin's theory of evolutionism stated manifest that all living beings fight for survival and in that process, the one who best adapts to the circumstances survives. In this way, revenge would be a mechanism that allows us to fight again to obtain victory.

Revenge understood as a second possibility

Continuing with the psychological analysis of this idea, we find a striking aspect: the rematch as second chance. Faced with a defeat, there are two possibilities. On the one hand, it is possible to assume it as well as possible or it is not accepted and, consequently, the desire for revenge arises.

The spirit of revenge

The assessmentmoral revenge is complex. One could speak of two sides of the same coin: as a desire to overcoming or as a impulse vengeful. Let's illustrate these approaches through two examples. Suppose that two soccer teams are going to face each other and in a previous game one of them suffered a defeat by a landslide. In a sporting and noble sense it is understandable and reasonable that there is a desire for revenge. Imagine a situation in which a defeat is accompanied by anger and hatred for the adversary, which produces a destructive desire for revenge, without nobility or competitive spirit.

Issues in Rematch