(August 17, 2015 at 9:17 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: Ok. Two things. While I expect we all know more or less what you'd say, I have yet to see you adequately defend the assertion that we all benefit from modern slavery, or how that would be in any way acceptable even if it is demonstrably true (which it may or may not be, honestly). Second, this right here:The thing is we can't. We do not have a working model of any society that does not have a slave labor force hard at work providing affordable goods to the masses. No matter how you chop it up, if you are using any type of monetary system someone has to work for free or nearly free to give our money system any value. that's an ugly truth, but truth none the less. If we are were equal with equal shares of everything, nothing would have value. it is in the accumiulation of valuables/desirables that makes them more rare and thus valuable. Like for instance if everyone made 15.00 an hour, then the dollar looses its current value, and more will be needed to buy the things we put value on.
(August 17, 2015 at 8:47 am)Drich Wrote: Either way your identification of a fallacy in my work is still wrong. I gave no such argument that concludes a hypothesis. I stated a fact. We all currently benefit from modern day slavery. If we say all slavery is wrong we are in trouble. Meaning we are hypocrits. By 'we all' I am acourse referring to the people who say all slavery is wrong.
is your argument from consequence fallacy. Your assertion is that if we admit slavery is immoral, the consequences are that we will be hypocrites (which is how you spell that, by the way), therefore we should not admit slavery is wrong. Your reasoning is fallacious, the reasons behind your reasoning are fallacious, and the tie you wore to church yesterday is fallacious.
Regardless of how much modern society (myself included) may or may not rely on modern forms of slavery, humans should still be working to eradicate all forms of slavery from the globe because slavery is wrong. The fact that a bunch of people are still doing it doesn't make it ok.
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What is with refusing to admit slavery is wrong?
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