Moral Code
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Create your own Moral Code!
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a 2.25 metre stone stele and consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man or woman.
That code is nearly 4000 years old. Create your own Moral Code for the 21st century.
Recommended Steps
- Read about different moral codes in addition to the code of Hammurabi. Google and read the 'List of ancient legal codes'.
- Ask yourself how society has changed in the last 4000 years.
- Ask yourself which moral codes were humane and compassionate and which were not.
- Decide what you think the purpose of punishment should be. (Should it be for correction, prevention, reformation, warning, revenge etc.)
- Now make two columns – on the right column make a list of 20 moral issues that you think are important.
- On the left side make a list of rewards and punishments for people who adhere to or disobey your moral laws.
- Get feedback from your peers, educators and mentors.
- Submit your file below.
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