two wrongs
Double ethical failures
Two wrongs refers to the proverbial idea that a wrong action doesn't justify another wrong action in response.
The phrase appears most often in two wrongs don't make a right, cautioning against revenge or retaliation: I know he cheated you, but stealing from him won't help—two wrongs don't make a right.
- don'tContraction forbidding action
- makeTo bring into being
- rightMorally proper or entitled
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
justify · excuse · mistake · error · grudge · bad blood · payback · getting even · eye · an eye for an eye · tooth · a tooth for a tooth · proverb · moral lesson · moral · ethics · blame · fault
- proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
- conventional wisdomearly bird, apple a day, opposites attract, nice guys finish last, patience
- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, treat others fairly
- fallaciesstraw man, red herring, circular reasoning, ad hominem, fallacy
- fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
ethical action type
two wrongsforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
grace · mercy · reconciliation · restorative justice · rising above
two, wrong, twos, wrongs, twin, twins, twinned, twofold, twenty