Question

Why does if man destroys the eye of a man's slave or beaks a bone of a man's slave, he shall pay one-half his price.

Answer 1

Slaves were not treated as equals, slaves are already beaten, a man will only pay half the price because the slave isn’t that important, but is still important a bit for the other person to pay half the price, because the slave works and works day and night for their master.that’s all they were considered useful for.