(August 22, 2018 at 11:20 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(August 22, 2018 at 3:20 am)paulpablo Wrote: I also say you would happily participate in chattel slavery back in the day.
An individuals brain is pretty much incapable of not deciding what's moral at least to some degree.
Children have been fucked, people killed and slaves taken in the name of god too, people deciding what's moral with god added doesn't necessarily equal progression with moral attitudes.
Like I said, hit dogs, holler...
(August 5, 2013 at 9:39 am)paulpablo Wrote: If I was in a situation where I was part of a huge rich family who made money from having slaves who were black I doubt I'd give up my vast fortune, large house, secure family and farm and whatever else just because I feel sorry for a few black people, and I am a person with a lot of empathy in comparison with people I know, but I imagine in a world full of unfairness, poverty and death a few slaves wouldn't weigh heavy on my guilt, since round the time of slaves there were child chimney sweeps and mill workers, people dying of all sorts, and it was a harsh dog eat dog world.
Seeing how I'm a descendant of slaves it's hardly likely that I'd own slaves, not to mention there was this whole abolitionist movement, so not everyone was as morally bankrupt as you're implying.
There's no likelyhood of you owning slaves, it's a hypothetical impossible situation.
Within the situation I already presented the parameters. You are part of a rich white family who made money from slaves.
It could be a different situation. It could be that I'm middle eastern in ancient times and raised as a Muslim believing I can have wives from my female captives.
I'm imagining the situation, there's no likelyhood of the time travel and Islamic conquest.
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