Atonement is most closely associated with the concept of retribution.
<h3>What is retribution?</h3>
Retributivists base their theory of punishment on the ideal.
That a person who commits a crime deserves to suffer in equal shape to their crime.
The four main premises that form the foundation of the theory of retribution are the concepts of deliberate wrongdoing, proportionality, necessity, and intrinsic justice.
According to biological studies, the need for vengeance developed early on in human evolution.
As social standards within human communities developed, cultural theories contend that revenge as we know it did not develop until later in human history.
The majority in both models see vengeance as adaptive.
Even if the first few seconds seem satisfying in the brain, psychological researchers have discovered that seeking retribution actually makes the original transgression seem worse for longer.
Often, getting even only results in a vicious cycle of vengeance.
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