The natural inclination to recoil from such unjust suffering emerges from a deep visceral angst or dread that is so profoundly intimidating it can quickly isolate the sufferer from community—it is contagious. Witnesses may well consider such suffering to be worse than death itself, and when it cannot be avoided, the resulting existential crisis tends to evoke several typical responses from sufferer and bystander alike: They may seek retribution, demand restitution for their losses, or—like Qoheleth