(August 8, 2018 at 12:56 pm)Khemikal Wrote: We could only say that roman society thrived and prospered if we remove all the slaves (and anyone who didn't prosper) from consideration in the category which is..by definition, the aggregate.
The underlying contention is that there is some harm to an individual which doesn't harm society, but the example refers to a civilization instead..and -is- an example of harming society by harm to individuals....that just so happened to harm the civilization as well.
I could be less literal, and less specific..and rely on whatever someone thinks is obvious...but......?

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