Hammurabis Code Compared to Us Today

Although our society today may want to be under a stricter rule of conduct, the laws we are under today are shaped to fit us in the best way. A Babylonian document, Hammurabi’s Code of Laws, consists of a set of laws enforced to discipline people. The laws are most based on social classes in which people were in. For example in The Code, one of the law states, “If he be a freeman, he (the physician) shall receive five shekels.” Basically meaning if he be a slave, or lower class man, he will not be paid if done a physician’s job. But he was a known physician and isn’t a freeman, he’d be paid five shekels. So are we better off with our present set of laws? Or is it in the best interest for our society to follow Hammurabi’s Code?
We are better off with our set of laws we have today. For the fact that our laws today isn’t based on social classes nor’ genders. Our set of laws today gives discipline to all those that choose to not obey to them. Another law in Hammurabi’s Code is “If a woman bring about the death of her husband for the sake of another man, they shall impale her.” And it’s a question what would happen if a man was in this situation. Would he be put to death? Because in this law is states “…If a mans wife becomes afflicted with disease, and if he wants to take another wife, he may…but she shall remain in the house which he has built and he shall maintain her as long as she lives” This is saying if a mans wife is sick he may look for another, but must take care of her for the rest of her life. Yet the man isn’t put to death for basically leaving his original wife for another. She didn’t perish, but being sick enough, for someone to leave you, is just like being murdered on the inside.
1.2 million violent crimes were committed in the US in 2010 according to the FBI national statistics. That’s a high number for crimes committed, but the punishment for those violators is appropriate for their situations. If a man took an eye out of another man his eye