Saturday, September 14, 2019
Hammurabi Reaction
Todayââ¬â¢s laws are not as harsh as Hammurabi's. They are more civilized. For example, none of todayââ¬â¢s laws include amputating other peopleââ¬â¢s body parts. Hammurabi thought it was necessary to amputate arms, breasts, digits, etc. I believe our laws are better, overall because they do not incorporate corporal punishment. I think Hammurabiââ¬â¢s Code of Law was an excellent deterrent against crime, and very few people would try to break the law. I think this is due to how harsh the laws were.There was zero tolerance. For example, the sixth law says, ââ¬Å"If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death. â⬠Also, because of the severity of some punishments (dismemberment, whippings, drowning, etc. ), I do not think people would want to test Hammurabi. I do not think Babylon was a safer society than the society that we currently live in.There should be no need for the extreme laws I learned about if people behaved. I also think that these laws would cause many deaths. I think many members of the Babylon civilization were killed, sometimes unnecessarily. ââ¬Å"If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he cannot prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death. â⬠This law would put people to death if they made a false accusationââ¬âin my opinion, this is too extreme and living under the Hammurabi laws would be like living under a dictatorship.
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