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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Rambi who wrote (5626)2/13/2001 5:01:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I thought she said that she didn't like slavery- period, that some societies might consider it
moral if it were an"aceepted" practice.

The actual statement from her post was:

"I don't have a problem with slavery in a society that wants to have it."

She and I simply differ fundamentally on that I have a problem with slavery in any society period. Certain things are not okay even if both parties, at least on the surface, agree to them. (Child abuse, for example. Some children become so accustomed to abuse that they accept as the norm of life. That doesn't make it right. X can believe what she wants, but I will NEVER believe that it is moral for a parent to burn a one year child with a cigarette over half its body even if the whole society thinks it is.)

Of course, X didn't define how a society decides it wants to have slavery, particularly whether the slaves have any say in the decision. I asked that question here several times, but so far nobody who espouses that principle has answered. Wonder why. <g>

During the 1960s, when I was active in the civil rights movement, Southern society as a whole certainly accepted segregation. That was the accepted moral code. Did that make it morally right for that society in that day and age? X would presumably say yes. I said no, and was willing to put my body on the line to say so.
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