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Quote by: Alive  Yes, we all know that "rights" can physically be taken away. Is that all you are saying?
Or are you actually making a moral argument that slavery is morally acceptable? This is a fine argument to make, but I'm not sure your arguments in favor are that great. |
With the assumption that anything is morally acceptable until it is unacceptable (i.e., it's ok as long as it doesn't break a moral standard), then yes, slavery is universally acceptable, or at least, there is not universal standard that makes slavery morally unacceptable.
With that assumption (anything is acceptable until it conflicts with a moral standard), the burden of proof would then fall to those who wish to say that slavery is unacceptable. This would most easily be done by pointing to a universal moral standard that conflicts with slavery. Of course, that person would have to prove that that moral standard is, in fact, universal, or at least that it "should" be.