Question

question 18 of 26
read the following passage from the code of hammurabi. based on these laws, what would most likely happen to a man who whips a person considered a \free man\?

1. if a man put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.
2. if a man put out the eye of a mans slave, or break the bone of a mans slave, he shall pay one - half of its value.
3. if a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out a tooth for a tooth.1
4. the code of hammurabi, translated by l.w. king, 1915. yale university: the avalon project, last modified 2008, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp. courtesy of yale law schools lillian goldman law library.

a. he would pay a fine.
b. his own horse would be whipped.
c. he would be forced to give the man his own horse.
d. he would be whipped.

Explanation:

The Code of Hammurabi follows the principle of "an eye for an eye". Since there is no specific law given for whipping a free - man among the provided laws, but based on the general principle of equivalent retaliation in the code, if a man whips a free man, he would likely be whipped as punishment.

Answer:

D. He would be whipped.