Reply #111: Many of the moral ideas that we take for granted were products of The Age of Enlightenment. [View All]

[Cool Logic]

In a civilized society, slavery is considered immoral. Thus, it is not possible for slavery to exist in a true free-market Capitalist economy. Remember, it was the agrarian, feudal South that maintained slavery subsequent to the evolution of moral standards that resulted in slavery being abolished in most the civilized world. On the other hand, it was the industrial, Capitalistic North that eradicated it.

Socialism says that humans have no right to exist for their own gain and that an individual's life and work do not belong to him. Now, I ask you, what is the moral or philosophical principle that justifies that?

Furthermore, humans must sustain their lives by the application of their intellect to natural resources and/or the products of natural resources; or, by means of the creation of intellectual property, e.g., the poet or the philosopher. Again, I ask you, if a human has no rights, or claim to the product of their efforts, are that not, in fact, living as slaves?

Property rights are protected in the current laws of most states, usually in their constitution or in a bill of rights. Protection is also prescribed in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 17, and in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Slavery is a violation, by law, of liberty and property.