(August 18, 2019 at 6:17 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(August 18, 2019 at 3:49 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Because it denied slaves their humanity, sustained through hatred, cruelty and lies, such as blacks were less than whites. It required the denial of black people as people no less than you or I. It wasn’t wrong because people calculated that it would be harmful for the wellbeing of society in the long run, it was seen as wrong inspite of such a consideration.
You can reword what you just said in terms of wellbeing. Denying slaves their humanity is akin to saying it's disregarding their wellbeing. There is no need to calculate in this case anyway. It's clear it's wrong.
Wellbeing seems to be used as some sort of catch all phrase, so vague that it could be used pretty much for any offense you can think of. Calling religious people delusion, is harmful for their wellbeing. Insults are harmful to wellbeing. Not getting married or having children harmful to the well being of particular societies. Cancelling Alex Jones on YouTube, is harmful to his wellbeing, breaking up with your girlfriend, was harmful to her wellbeing, etc...
