Do you believe an 'eye for an eye' would make people less willing to hurt/kill other people?

Question

If someone murders someone, do they deserve to be murdered?

If someone rapes someone, do they deserve to be raped themselves/castrated?

Do you believe an 'eye for an eye' would make people less willing to hurt/kill other people?

Answer 1

I think people would be less willing to hurt each other, if they had it done to them.

Answer 2

An eye for an eye was actually a call for tolerance from the bible, since before that, sentencing was much harsher than the crime for which the person was convicted of.



And no, I don't think an eye for an eye is the best system for justice. Not every crime has a good parallel punishment and often it is either too harsh or too lenient to impose even when there is such a reciprocal punishment.



For example, you might agree that execution is appropriate for murder. But what about manslaughter? What about negligent homicide? Do you believe intent makes no difference in this case, that everyone should be executed if did anything wrong that even accidentally lead to another persons death?



And some cases it makes no sense at all. How does eye for an eye apply to speeding tickets for example?

Answer 3

No.

don't think so.

Look in the real world.

Decode this lyrics ' You'll see "

How?

Without the magic wand?

What is the definition of "An eye for an eye"

Is it not to see and admire the miracles and wonders in the goodness of others so that others will admire the miracles and wonders and goodness in us in return?

Who teach "An eye for an eye" is to club another living human kind like themselves who was not an ape-man?

Was it not the ape-man with hear-say from the Book of the Dead who was still primitive back in the past who taught living human kind to club another living human kind like themselves in time?

While the dead Mummy with hear-say from the Book of the Dead were all laughing and rolling in their graves at the misery of living human kind for being an educated idiots with self lack of knowledge and total loss of IQ in time?

Luke 21.30-36

Luke 10.24

Luke 24.44-45,47-48

Exodus 20.1-7

Revelation 22.13-17

Matt 22.17-21,32

Exodus 23.24,32

What do you think?

Answer 4

If we existed in the rose tinted utopia of the bleeding hearts brigade, where all lived in peace and harmony then there would be no need for any kind of punishment.



As it is, in the real world, the place is crawling with evil little sh!ts who need to be removed from the presence of decent people - either for a very long time, or permanently, dependent on the severity of the crime. Leniency is seen as a sign of weakness to be exploited.

Answer 5

An eye for an eye is a literal thing,simply meaning the punishment must fit the crime.You take a life,you forfeit your own life ,is easy enough to understand,robbery,rape,assaults etc are a matter of selecting a suitable punishment regarding the severity and impact of the crime on the victim and their family.

Answer 6

Yes I do believe it would reduce the crime figures. There is no deterrent to crime under this, and the last, government nor will there be with the next lot so you are on the right track to solving one of our greatest social problems of today.

Answer 7

I think you'll find that in both the torah and the koran. Thank would explain the endless peace in the middle east.

Answer 8

There's no reason to think so.



No, no one should be murdered, raped, or maimed. No CIVILIZED human being thinks murder, raped or maiming should be used as punishment.

Answer 9

If murder and rape are wrong, then no one should rape or murder. Period.



"Reasons" for doing so are irrelevant. After all, serial rapists and murders also have their "reasons."

Answer 10

It wouldn't work, but I do think sentences and prisons are far too lenient.

Answer 11

Of course not, it justifies and encourages this behaviour. An eye for an eye leave us all blind.

Answer 12

"An eye for a eye would only make the world blind." - Ghandi

Answer 13

Who said that? Is there somebody there?