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I'd say that those owning slaves did so because it enhanced their quality of life -- therefore it was good for them. So pretty much any society that had slavery
by dantheman 18y ago
I'd say that those owning slaves did so because it enhanced their quality of life -- therefore it was good for them. So pretty much any society that had slavery the ends were good for those in control, for some measure of good (they may have had a higher standard of living but they lost their humanity etc)
- anamax 18y agoI think that we're talking about different "good"s. Here are some examples. I understand that using heroin feels really good. However, the effects of using heroin are (stereotypically) bad over all. A Somali warlord has it much better than the average Somali. However, a warlord culture is, on the whole, a disaster. Are there examples of slave cultures that were as productive as same-era free cultures? (Not that productive is the only measure of good, but ....)