Why is slavery wrong?

[chaoschristian]

Would you rather that I had sung it?

 

[Nooj]

Well, that depends on how good your singing is.

I dunno either. Now get off your computer, wash my laundry and do my homework or I'll flog you.

And not in the kinky way.

Does this sound reasonable? Equitable?

Well, no. But try telling that to my mum.

Seriously though, I'm thinking of the objections to slavery on the basis of freedom of choice. e.g, I'll do it if I want to, not because I'm ordered to. What Eudaimonist said before:

If you can't make decisions about your own life as an adult, you are being prevented from living a human life.

But this gets me thinking. What entitles us to freedom in the first place?

 

[Romanseight2005]

Freedom is a Christian principle. Christ Jesus came to set the captives free. It was/is understood that being held captive is bad. To be a slave is to literally be owned by someone else. This means that there is no such thing as guaranteed anything. The fact of the matter is that giving anyone that kind of power ofver someone is dangerous because humans are evil. Given absolute power they will be corrupted. Now in Christ, we do willfully submit, to Him because He is incorruptable