Is "eye for an eye" a good punishment system?

[Hawker]

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"The meaning of the principle, an eye for an eye, is that a person who has injured another person is similarly injured in retribution, or according to other interpretations receives the value of the injury in compensation."

So yeah it's pretty barbaric system and that's pretty much the reason why modern goverments and societies don't use it, but hey if a person is found to be at the state of mind where he is completely aware of what he's doing during the crime, wouldn't it be just logical to punish him in the same way as he already harmed someone else?

What kind of effects do you think that using this kind of system would have in the society? Would it reduce crime or increase them?

 

[Kowbau]

An eye For an eye and the world Will end blind.

 

[EYES OF ITACHI]

an eye 4 an eye leaves you both blind

 

[saaaaaadpanda]

This is a central theme in Naruto, only it is typically rephrased as a "cycle" of hatred. Naruto seeks to end it, presumably because it is not a "good" system. In the words of Mohandas K. Ghandi, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".

 

[-Jiraiya-]

Works many times...xd Seriously...:shrug:

 

[Ninpou]

2 eyes for an eye.

 

[uzumaki antonia]

yeah i think it is a good system
example if you hit me i'll hit you back (but i'll do it 10 times harder)

 

[shukuzu]

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So yeah it's pretty barbaric system and that's pretty much the reason why modern goverments and societies don't use it, but hey if a person is found to be at the state of mind where he is completely aware of what he's doing during the crime, wouldn't it be just logical to punish him in the same way as he already harmed someone else?

What kind of effects do you think that using this kind of system would have in the society? Would it reduce crime or increase them?

I completely agree with that system because those were Gods words. He is the one that said an eye for an eye. we can take that quote however we want but i take it as you screw me over im screwin you over. its only right

 

[Prime Rib]

an eye for and eye is good

 

[Hawker]

And this essentially covers the question that should death penalties be legal aka if someone kills a person is it justifiable to sentence the person that did the killing into death?

 

[Ninpou]

And this essentially covers the question that should death penalties be legal aka if someone kills a person is it justifiable to sentence the person that did the killing into death?

Yes but then other things will come in as factors.

 

[KyoshiroSenju]

An eye For an eye and the world Will end blind.

This

 

[Darthlawsuit]

An eye For an eye and the world Will end blind.

Humans have 2 eyes. You need 2 people for an eye for an eye to work.

Therefore:

o_o
o_o

If one gets poked out:

x_o
o_o

The one that got poked out will poke the others out:

x_o
x_o

Humans have 2 eyes each that means both people have an eye remaining. Therefore you have 2 eyes remaining.

2 x 2 - 2 =/= 0

Anyone that says an eye for an eye leaves the world blind is a moron and should be ignored lest their stupidity spread any further. Catchy phrases don't solve solutions thinking and making all things equal solves problems.

An eye for an eye works just fine. However in reality it means that if you do something you must receive punishment equal to what you did to the other person.

 

[Klaus]

This isn't the way to resolve problems I don't believe in an eye for an eye because we should be able to forgive those who do us wrong.

 

[Ninpou]

This isn't the way to resolve problems I don't believe in an eye for an eye because we should be able to forgive those who do us wrong.

Alot easier said than done.

 

[mcchikeneater]

Though hippie optimists call it bad, with the dumb saying an eye for an eye leaves you both blind, it would really benefit us if murderers and rapists and such got much harsher punishment. The government spends of billions of dollars every year on the prison system, and it could save a lot of money, and make it people were actually afraid to get in trouble. It costs millions dollars to execute 1 death row prisoner, depending on which state it happens in, when it would cost only a few dollars to drag them out back and shoot them in the head once convicted. The criminal justice system in the US is so pathetically corrupt that its sad really. Any criminal of any crime can buy their way out of trouble if they have the money, but then you get cases like my step dad who broke his own TV when he moved out if his exes house 5 years ago, and got charged with felony destruction of property and is currently serving 3 years for it because he can't afford a top-notch lawyer.

 

[Shika88]

It's Gods word... so yes, barbaric.

Eye for an eye is no system for a cultural advanced civilization. It only works if the one to judge is infallible, and that is not the case.

 

[Escorpiius]

This isn't the way to resolve problems I don't believe in an eye for an eye because we should be able to forgive those who do us wrong.

Philosophically, great words but it's impossible. I'll be in shame if I say that to someone who was raped.

And as for eye for an eye, well it's barbaric but if laws and justice need to get a better physical punishment, then this method is better than death sentence.

 

[Yerrina]

Although I am very much aware of its shortcomings, I believe in it.

In the situation of I killed your mum, would you kill me? or Kill my own mother in order to inflict me with the same pain? I personally would choose the latter, but maybe I don't love my mother as much as you loved yours, and that's how the shortcomings emerge ~

Otherwise, Quran, Torah and Hammurabi's Code of Law have this law, so bound by my religious beliefs and loyalty to my history, I may follow it. I am vindictive by nature, so I think that's why I believe in it.

 

[Klaus]

Alot easier said than done.

of course its easier said than done but the things that are hard in life are the things that are better.