Lex Talionis

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One of the oldest justifications for punishment involves the principles of retribution. Retribution (1900-1905) refers to an idea that offenders should be punished for committing a crime, but would not punish someone who was forced to commit a cri-me, i.e. duress. It can be sometimes be viewed as a

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1. Lex talionis is defined as “law of retaliation” (Clear 32). According the Code of Hammurabi, from ancient Babylon, the basis for punishment was retaliation. This idea was known as lex talionis. The principles of lex talionis can be described using the idea of “an eye for an eye” or “a tooth for a tooth.” Not only does the principle of lex talionis say that the punishment should be proportional to the crime, but it also suggests that the method of punishment should be the same as that of the crime. I think the term lex talionis can be related to present day corrections in that it is an extreme way to say that the punishment should be proportional, to. or "fit," the offense. For example, if a person is convicted of rape, that person should face extensive jail time, not just be sentenced to 300 hours of community service and a

Often, when a criminal is sentenced to the death penalty for committing a murder, people begin to question the legality and morality of it, and try to defend or attack it. One of the first few things that come to mind when people try to defend the death penalty is the statement, “an eye for an eye,” or the principle of lex talionis, meaning we treat people the way they have treated others (Textbook, 538). Although this argument is well-backed up, it does not always prove to be the best principle when determining the type of punishment, one deserves. Stephen Nathanson, an abolitionist to the death penalty, discusses this idea in his article “An Eye for and Eye,” specifically within his argument stating that equality retributivism does not justify the death penalty and that it should be rejected (Textbook, 539). Equality retributivism, which is the idea that we penalize criminals with punishments that are equal to their crimes, serves as a great principle for some crimes but not all. I find this statement, along with Nathanson’s argument, to be true because not all crimes can have a punishment equal to it. Throughout this paper, I will discuss Nathanson’s argument, some objections raised, and lastly, whether the objection succeeds or not.

All discipline has some point which serves to legitimize the affliction that is perpetrated on the wrongdoer (Baier & Fulhrmann, 2013). The principle points are revenge, weakening, recovery, and prevention. With revenge, discipline is a matter of what is merited in kind for a wrongful demonstration. The retributive hypothesis of discipline is frequently connected with the thought of "eye for and eye" equity, where the forced discipline is equivalent to the mischief done. The Latin expression for this is lex talionis, which actually signifies "law of countering" (Baier & Fulhrmann, 2013). Some of the time the "eye for an eye" idea of discipline is taken actually, for example, the accompanying from the old Babylonian Law of Hammurabi (c. 1750 BCE): "If a man puts out the eye of another man, then his eye might be put out. In the event that he breaks another man 's bone, then his bone might be broken." by all accounts, however, strict adherence to "eye for and eye" equity is primitive: we don 't rebuff attackers by assaulting them, or rebuff fire playing criminals by torching their homes (Baier & Fulhrmann, 2013). Or maybe, we look for change through more accommodating sorts of anguish that we can force on guilty parties.

Capital punishment, also frequently referred to as the death penalty, is a government certified practice where a person is put to death by the state as a form of punishment for a crime they have committed (Henderson, 25). Crimes that are found punishable by death are referred to as capital crimes or capital offences, and commonly include offences such as murder, treason, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide (Henderson, 48-9). The term capital is derived from the Latin term capitalis meaning "of the head" which alludes to executions that were carried out by beheading (Kronenwetter, 202). This paper will discuss the complexities of capital punishment’s history and methods as well as its economic, political, and

Capital punishment, commonly known as death penalty originated from the Latin word, "capitalis" meaning "regarding the head". It has been used as method to deter crime since the earliest civilizations. One of the most famous code, the Code of Hammurabi which inscribed the, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" supported the death penalty. This code is also referred to as the law of retaliation.

We often seek to “do unto others which is done to us”. The concept of revenge is directly mirrored in our prison system. Once someone commits a crime, they are then, through the 7th Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights, subject to go to trial before a jury. If a jury of the defendant’s “peers” then deems the appropriate punishment for the crime that they are being tried for. The evocation of the death penalty grew very controversial mostly due to that reason. Essentially what was implied is that a human’s life is put into the hands of total strangers who in most cases are only knowledgeable of a minimal section of that person’s life and character. In an editorial research report on the death penalty, written in 1963, Jeanne Kuebler includes a quote by A. Francart on the appeal of capital punishment. “Capital punishment, its opponents insist, is revenge, not deterrence or protection, and as such lessens reverence for the sacredness of human life. ‘The lesson the scaffold always provides,’ Francart wrote, ‘is that human life ceases to be sacred when it is considered useful to suppress it…’” (Kuebler). A key point that Francart makes in his quote is the idea of revenge. Our society views revenge as a readily available convention to utilize whenever they see fit. Revenge, in its simplest form, deals with the notion that we all must become equal. In the ancient Code of Hammurabi this concept is referred to as “An Eye for

Hugo Bedau argues that a society is not required “to invoke the death penalty for murder – unless one accepts lex talionis” that is his first premise and follows it by stating since it is not completely accepted, lex talionis

The death penalty has been present, in one way or another, for virtually as long as human civilization has existed. The reasons why are apparent; it is intrinsically logical to human beings that a person who takes the life of another should also be killed. This philosophy is exemplified in the famous Biblical passage, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." However, in light of recent research into ethics, criminology and the justice system, the time has come for us to re-examine our ageless paradigm of revenge.

The principle of desert states that we deserve to be treated as well or as badly as we treat others. In other words if we substitute the word treated for punished, we can justify actions through this principle. The conflict arises when one does not agree with the Retributivist’s theory, in that there are people who find it justifiable or rewarding to balance out infliction. Some believe this is not the right way to go, and, a lot of the time seek backing from ideological texts. There are also others who take one side of the principle, that they only like the idea of good treatment for the good servant. Putting revenge aside in all of this, it seems virtuous not to punish for crimes, this would be a good argument if the judicial system could provide an alternative way to minimise reoccurrence of infliction. But this alone does not balance out moral fairness. For

The most severe form of punishment of all legal sentences is that of death. This is referred to as the death penalty, or “capital punishment”; this is the most severe form of corporal punishment, requiring law enforcement officers to actually kill the offender. It has been banned in numerous countries, in the United States, however an earlier move to eliminate capital punishment has now been reversed and more and more states are resorting to capital punishment for such serious offenses namely murder. “Lex talionis”, mentioned by the Bible encourages “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” mentality, and people have been using it regularly for centuries. We use it in reference to burglary, adultery, and various other situations, although,

The retribution punishment theory is associated with the philosopher Immanuel Kant from as far back as the eighteenth century known as the “justice model”. The concept of retributive punishment is "just deserts," used as a means of getting even with the offender, allowing the victim to feel a sense of justification by imposing the same measure of pain to the offender according to the crime committed; this will allow the victim to feel a sense of satisfaction. Though retribution is not a law of retaliation, the Mosaic laws of the Bible idealized it as “an eye for an eye” phenomenon.

To begin with, it is necessary to say that punishment is an integral part of modern countries’ legal systems, because countries have a duty to protect society from wrongdoers and authorities could reach success in it by punishing offenders. Oxford English Dictionary defines punishment as the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence. There are four main purposes of punishment – incapacitation, deterrence, retribution and rehabilitation – and the aim of this paper is to