For those people that dont know what "eye for an eye" is it is basically getting punished in the same way that you punished someone eg. if you murdered someone you should be murderd.
What do you think?
2007-08-20 06:47:59 · 32 answers · asked by Anony-mouse 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
no. for too many reasons to go into here.
2007-08-20 06:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah J 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This is called "retributivism" - either the victim or the state on the victim's behalf inflicts the same act on the perpetrator. In practice, there are several problems with this, such as:
- If the state is trying to give the message "murder is wrong", this could be undermined by the state in effect sanctioning murder as punishment. It's a little like smacking your child for hitting another kid, mixed messages about whether the act is or is not legitimate.
- Where mistakes or miscarriages of justice occur, once you have inflicted a punishment such as chopping off someone's hand, or executing them, you can't exactly take it back and "whoops, sorry!!" (Of course, the degree to which you can compensate someone for being wrongfully held in prison, especially for a long time, is debatable too.)
2007-08-21 05:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by purplepadma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good idea PROVIDED you know with exactitude who's guilty. If there are 99 guilty and one innocent out of every 100 convicted. I'd rather that one keep his eye even if the other 99 don't deserve theirs as opposed to all 100 losing their eyes. Once you lose an eye it's pretty hard to put back if you make a mistake. This is why our justice system is pragmatic and benevolent and why many systems in the Middle East are perverse and unjust. Scary how many people would jump on your bandwagon without bothering to consider the implications isn't it? Wait til someone you know gets grabbed in the middle of the night and their eye gouged out based on someone's word and so-called 'incontrovertible' circumstantial evidence.
2007-08-20 06:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by Andy S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it should apply to ADULTS in FULL MENTAL HEALTH. For example, that punishment should be watered down for a mentally handicapped person, and also for juveniles. But aside from that, I think it would cut down on a lot of crime.
Of course, it would have to be made to work in this age, I think the last time any system was governed by "eye for an eye" was ancient Mesopotamia-about 5000 years ago. It would have to be changed a bit-obviously, they had the law "If you stole something you had to give it back tenfold" and if you didn't, they killed you. That would have to be changed a bit, because obviously death is a bit extreme in that case. 0.o So we'd have to tweak it a bit according to our ethics system, but it would make a good consequence system.
2007-08-20 06:58:46 · answer #4 · answered by Echo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be a good idea in theory, but it's not possible. What do we do with rapists? Is there going to be someone who is a professional rapist? How about bank robbing; what 'eye for an eye' punishment do they get and how does that help deter them from their crime? What happens when the wrong person is convicted?
2007-08-20 06:57:05 · answer #5 · answered by xK 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That concept comes from the Code of Hammurabi. Everybody loves it until they delve deeper.
For example, under the Code, if you build a house for someone and it collapses, killing their son, then the architect's son is to be killed in the same manner. Tough luck for the architect's son who didn't do anything wrong.
2007-08-20 06:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by Bookworm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So how do you go about punishing sex crimes?
Just make prison a place you wouldn't want to go (with hard labour and no luxuries) and you will do a lot to solve the crime problem.
2007-08-20 06:54:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it never was a good idea. it still is not. Ghandi had it correct. remember this the person who came up with an eye for an eye as a law had to be the most dangerous and uncareing individuale ever, to may innocents will be blind because of it. so my speak is NO NO NO NO
2007-08-20 07:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by IHATETHEEUSKI 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No.
You can't punture another eye, because there's a chance that the eye is already blind.
You can go on and on, with nothing left but the remains of your loved ones...
With such simplistic logic, emanates violence, revenge, fear, which leads to darkness.
As they say, when you're blind you can only see nothing but darnkess.
2007-08-20 06:56:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I always have.
Any country need a volunteer Chief of Punishment?.. :)
2007-08-20 07:04:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An eye for an eye is a paradox.
If you punish a murderer with murder then you become a murderer too. A paradox!
2007-08-20 06:59:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋