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Letter: Morality in history, life and religion

Published 18 May 2016

From John Atack

Over 17 centuries before Jesus, the Babylonian king Hammurabi placed high value on morality: “Anum and Enlil named me… to cause justice to prevail in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil, that the strong might not oppress the weak.”

Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK

Issue no. 3074 published 21 May 2016

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