Almost everyone alive today knows that slavery is wrong. Two hundred years ago most people thought slavery was acceptable and two thousand years ago everyone thought slavery was the natural order and perfectly justified. Even Jesus never spoke out against slavery and the Bible is fine with slavery; instructing on how to treat your slaves. Obviously our view of the morality of slavery has changed over time, proving that, as for as slavery, morality is not absolute. Continue for a deeper and more detailed examination of relative and absolute morality.
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