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> we don't say it was OK for Thomas Jefferson to own slaves (...) We say the slaves had their rights violated You are confusing legality with morality. There i
by geon 11y ago
> we don't say it was OK for Thomas Jefferson to own slaves (...) We say the slaves had their rights violated
You are confusing legality with morality. There isn't necessarily any connection.
- humanrebar 11y agoI am speaking strictly morally (or ethically if you prefer). Jefferson obviously had the legal right to own slaves. The fact that the laws themselves were unjust is my point.
- gnaritas 11y agoThey are unjust by modern morality, morality changes over time, it is not absolute.
- fineman 11y agoIt's more like morality is unchanged (Justify something other than: 'do unto others', without falling back on an obviously illogical subjective value system) but society's dirty excuses for immorality change.