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What does it mean?
The speaker argues that everyone has a reason to be hit even if people avoid doing it.
In plain terms
Everyone deserves punishment but most choose not to give it.
What can you take from it?
People often restrain violent impulses despite feeling justified.

Where it applies

  • conflict
  • anger
  • social norms

Putting it to work

  • analyze violent impulses
  • reflect on restraint

Questions to consider

  • When is violence justified?
  • What stops us from harming others?

Another view

The claim that everyone deserves to be hit is ethically problematic.

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