Therefore making this "universal, eternal" moral code rather easy to
manipulate. After all, one can simply define "murder" however one
wishes. The Crusaders certainly didn't believe that they were commiting
murder. Nor did the Inquisitors, the witch-burners, or modern-day
"Pro-Lifers" who murder abortion doctors.
>"An eye for an eye" is the law of retribution or punishment in kind
>(lex talionis). Rather than prescribing or allowing retribution, this law
>kept it in check.
The question is: do you believe that it still applies today?
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Tautology
(n) See truism.
Truism
(n) See tautology.