Why Is Hammurabi's Laws Unfair

What if you were killed for trying to save a life or even being torture for a reason that made no sense to you? This happened to many people with Hammurabi’s laws. He was the king of an empire of Mesopotamia in 18 century B.C. Hammurabi created 282 laws for there to be justice, however his laws were very gruesome in punishment and also many were according to social class and gender. As time pasted people would learn what they were doing was wrong and they had to change something about themselves in result of not getting the punishment. The crimes rate would go down a bit but not much; however current generation considers for some laws to over doing themselves and are very curl when they can learn their mistakes in a short time in prison. Therefor Hammurabi’s laws were unfair to society, the accused and the victims.

Hammurabi’s laws are unfair to society because the amounts of deaths and curl punishment people had to face when they break a law. In law 218,

“if a surgeon has operated with a bronze lancet on a free man for a serious injury, and has caused his death… his hands shall be cut off” (document E). This explains that if a patient, no matter how sick he might be, has a surgery and the doctor does his absolute best to let him live but the patient still dies. The doctor’s hands will be cut off because he did not let the patient live any longer. This punishment is unfair to society because a doctor is always trying to do its best to help as many people as he can from their sickness; however his hard work does not always work and there are a few deaths. This is no reason to cut the hand off the doctor if he was doing the best in his abilities to let other person live. In the other side. Many would think that the surgeons hand should be cut off because he did not save that family member. Since he did not save the patient the doctor should be able to receive a harder punishment and live his whole life with no hand.
Hammurabi’s laws are unfair to the accused because they are being tortured for something either men or women can do but only the women are the ones are getting the punishment. In law 129 it says, “if a married lady is caught [in adultery] with another man, they shall bind them and cast them into the water” (document C). This explains that if a women in found in bed with other man and is not her current husband. She will have to be thrown in the water with the man she was have an affair with. This law is unfair because if a woman is found with anyone else but her husband, both the man and she will be drown. On the other hand if the husband is found with other woman and the women is not with anyone else. The government will not do anything to him. This law is basically based on gender which makes it unfair. Every person, no matter if they are a male or a female, should have the same rights. Meanwhile, other might state that it is fair for her to be thrown in the water with the man because she was cheating on her husband and was being unjust to all her family.
Hammurabi’s laws are unfair to the victims because the kids or even his or her partner might be suffering with the consequence of this law.

In law 148 it states “If a man has married a wife and a disease has seized her, if he is determined to marry a second wife, he shall marry her. He shall not divorce the wife whom the disease has seized. She shall dwell in the house they have built together, and he shall maintain her long as she lives” (document C). This law is unfair to the victims because if the husband fines another wife to be with him. His current wife who is very sick, in bed, might get even worst or even get depression because of the feeling that her husband is with someone else and not her. As well with their children if that how their father is acting they will eventually be influence by that and their kids will start doing the same. Many would think that the male has to be taken care of by a women and he needs someone to clean and do the housework as well as needing someone to do intercourse

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Society, the accused and the victims are all ways in which the Hammurabi’s laws are unfair. First his laws are unfair to society because many people are killed or put into punishment, when for example doctors, were trying to help others. Secondly the laws are unfair to the accused because not every gender is getting the punishment, either all women, or all men. Finally the laws are unfair to the victims because depending on the law their partner or children might get sick or even depress depending on what the punishment is. To sum up. Many people might think that Hammurabi’s laws are right because it lowers the crime rate; however the laws are very cruel and many people die from the law.