The degeneracy was so bad that even tougher laws were in place. They'd torture people for stealing, or rip out a man's eye for looking at another man's wife. Hammurabi was a progressive. He said, "Wait, that's not fair. You can only take an eye for an eye."
I, too, miss Hamurabbi
Imagine the degeneracy at the time, that such laws were needed.
Today's society is a good mirror to realize that, rather than think it was the "barbaric laws".
The degeneracy was so bad that even tougher laws were in place. They'd torture people for stealing, or rip out a man's eye for looking at another man's wife. Hammurabi was a progressive. He said, "Wait, that's not fair. You can only take an eye for an eye."
It's been downhill from there.