tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6146068256240178593..comments2024-03-18T20:18:04.114+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Are you against slavery?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-14963095254440886692012-06-29T02:18:20.577+01:002012-06-29T02:18:20.577+01:00This is a very good argument. The issue of slavery...This is a very good argument. The issue of slavery can also be used in another way: some modern liberals will admit that they hold slavery to be always wrong, every where, every time. That is a moral absolute, and can be immediately identified as such. And once one such absolute is acknowledged, the possibility of others is suddenly wide open to appeals to natural law/traditional morality, as you suggest.Mr Tallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32966737973470888452012-06-28T19:49:03.209+01:002012-06-28T19:49:03.209+01:00I'm not sure slavery was such a bad thing. Th...I'm not sure slavery was such a bad thing. There is plenty of testimony to the general moral and spiritual uplift among the enslaved.joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-20325666006359683912012-06-28T19:30:27.548+01:002012-06-28T19:30:27.548+01:00Hold on. Obviously sincere multiculturalists (sho...Hold on. Obviously sincere multiculturalists (should such exist) must be happy with slavery in the house next door. But I'm not. I don't see what your point is.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-37756112863484594202012-06-28T18:18:10.757+01:002012-06-28T18:18:10.757+01:00Slavery exists, will always exist.
There are many...Slavery exists, will always exist. <br />There are many kinds of slavery. <br />Some is voluntary, some not. <br />My wife and I are slaves to <i>It</i>. <br />It being whatever it is we are enslaved to. <br />We are willing slaves, because some things require slavery, and are bigger than we are, and more important. <br />This slavery can also be called worship, or reverence, or service, and may be seen from infinite viewpoints, good ones, bad ones, and everything in-between. <br />We even enslave ourselves to the humble. The lowly. <br />Because they are us, and we them. <br />Slavery exists. Will always exist. <br />It may be called Life.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.com