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this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2026
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Blatant flaw in this: I don't want to murder anyone. I don't want to rape anyone. I don't want to be racist to anyone (though I acknowledge I am). And the moment I would do something like that to anyone, I would be a murderer or a rapist, and that's a shitty thing to be. So no thanks.
Yeah, also, I'd like my moral reasoning to have evolved past Hammurabi.
It's just an endless line of good intentioned rapists.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
I understand what that is supposed to mean, but it makes no sense. I have never taken anybody's eyeball so if that was the law of the land, I would feel pretty safe. Eventually, everyone going around taking eyeballs would have no eyes and they would be much less likely to be able to take more, at least without some assistance I imagine.
Plenty of places have a "death for a death" law where if you kill someone you can be put to death. I'm against the death penalty personally, but that has never really been of personal concern to me since I don't go around murdering.
If you take something from someone, should they not be able to take it back from you? If you steal $1000, do I just have to sit there? I should be entitled to take $1000 back. If anything, I should also potentially be entitled to more.
While for an eye is not my preference, it was used to make people as whole as possible and was considered an improvement at the time.
It seems like your understanding is different from other people's.
I think they're taking it bit too literally
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Exactly not. An eye for an eye ended the custom of escalating feuds. If only one eye can be taken in revenge, then all other eyes stay healthy.
It only continues if a taken eye is seen as unjust which leads to a chain of mutually unjustly taken eyes. But that's a slow process so the elders may figure something out while it happens.