An idea from The Republic

The first answers fail fast. Paying back what you owe can’t be justice, because nobody should return a friend’s weapons after the friend has gone mad. Helping friends and hurting enemies fails too. Harming a person makes them worse, and justice can’t make anyone worse.

From The Republic by Plato

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