Question

Read the excerpt from Hammurabi's Code

*If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out.
If he has knocked out the eye
of a plebeian [commoner]
he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician's servant. he
shall pay half his value.
What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi's Code?
(1 point)
• The law's punishments did not encourage social order.
© The law did not treat all members of society equally.
• The law did not address any private matters.
• The law did not specify the crime

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT-4 Turbo]

The quote from Hammurabi's Code illustrates that the law did not treat all members of society equally. The severity of the punishment for causing physical harm varied depending on the social status of the victim. If the victim was an aristocrat, the punishment was the reciprocal physical harm (eye for an eye principle). However, if the victim was a commoner or a servant, the offender could compensate with a monetary payment instead. This shows a clear distinction in how the code valued individuals based on their social hierarchy, with harsher physical punishments reserved for crimes against higher-status individuals.