Hammurabi's Code

Today in class we got to be judges, which was really fun for me because I'm pretty much an expert at judging people. We got a worksheet with some scenarios that would have happened in the times of Hammurabi. I understand where the concept of Hammurabi's Law comes from, but sometimes I think his laws are too focused on discouraging the bad instead of promoting the good. It's very hard to differentiate the two because they are so close, but when all of the consequences are becoming a slave or death you can start to realize people are not learning from their actions. I do agree with the concept of an eye for an eye most of the time. I think it helps people learn from their mistakes and makes people realize how their actions affect others. If you know that what you do to someone is going to be down to you, would you still do it? Overall, I think it would make people be better civilians.