Although many people perceive the "eye for an eye" to be quite monstrous and inhumane, I personally wish that punishment would be like that today. Considering how many atrocities people commit today, more than half of them would not occur if criminals were actually afraid of the consequence if caught. As such, crime was significantly reduced in Babylon when that code was established. However, many of the laws were horrific. Common at the time, many laws were really sexist, with the code viewing women as inferior, property, and weaker. Many punishments consisted of the death of someone affiliated to that person, such as a family member, despite the fact that he did nothing wrong! Crimes done to slaves had less severe punishments than to crimes to a commoner or noble. While I like the concept, the punishments were really unfair and were morally terrible.
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The punishment of cutting off fingers or parts of a hand of a son who strikes his father is horrendously disproportionately harsh for the 'crime.'
Although many people perceive the "eye for an eye" to be quite monstrous and inhumane, I personally wish that punishment would be like that today. Considering how many atrocities people commit today, more than half of them would not occur if criminals were actually afraid of the consequence if caught. As such, crime was significantly reduced in Babylon when that code was established. However, many of the laws were horrific. Common at the time, many laws were really sexist, with the code viewing women as inferior, property, and weaker. Many punishments consisted of the death of someone affiliated to that person, such as a family member, despite the fact that he did nothing wrong! Crimes done to slaves had less severe punishments than to crimes to a commoner or noble. While I like the concept, the punishments were really unfair and were morally terrible.