Is it true modern ethical values are different to our ancestors and should be a

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Is it true modern ethical values are different to our ancestors and should be a factor in historical analysis?

I won't offer my opinion at this point, *now there's a first!!!! =)* just really want to know what you think.

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2 weeks ago
I will always choose the best answer, it's my question and a best answer can differ from my own view if it's well reasoned. Also, all forums attract a greater proportion of *bunny boilers* than are in the general population, i ain't going to let that be a factor.

2 weeks ago
Can't keep my mouth shut any more! =)

Some excellent answers here, thankyou. Great answer Joseph, philosophy attracts people who want to understand ethics, think most people don't worry about that tho and just live by their own.

That's what i'm asking, do you think there were fundamental human ethics that have changed so much that it should be a factor in our analysis of history?

Love your answer Jim but slavery was a rejection of ethics *equality* not a practice of.

Yep Efnissien, there is *the past is another country* school of thought but the *times change, people don't* exists too.

So far, Grumpyinthemorning's *I can be a mare too!!!!=)* view is closest to my
own, some excellent answers tho. Think the History forum has the lowest proportion of *bunny boilers* on YA, just people who genuinely want to understand the world we live in more.=)

2 weeks ago
I have noticed the slight lack of response in fellow historians, we should be a rarefied field?

You couldn't hesitate to have an opinion, why not share your knowledge and make this world a better place?

I'm disapointed.

1 week ago
I feel happier now, 3 answers i really like personally.

I'll experiment with leaving my questions open for a couple of days. Think the best answer is already here but it's fair to give interested people who haven't visited YA in the last couple of days an opportunity to answer.

1 week ago
And the fact that purportive Christians massacred the people of Jerusalem, including fellow Christians Biddles. That is a very knowledgable answer!! =)

I ain't got no cause for complaint about fellow historians replying now, many answers refer to qualities raher than fundamental ethics tho, which i think have been consistent in history. We do attribute some events to then prevailing influences, people have always had brains and thought for themselves in my opinion.

1 week ago
OOPS!! The massacre occurring in the 1st crusade and please put a but in the last sentence of my last response. =)

1 week ago
A Goerge Orwell quote leaps to my mind in relation this question.......

"Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."

Words of truth to me. =) I consider many factors in analysing history, different ethics isn't one tho. In my view slavery exists on a massive scale now but the method of enslavement has changed, we've found our way to justify it just as previous generations did. And aggressive power still holds sway, just now it's usually practised by proxy from a height of 30,000 feet.

MANY really knowledgable, well reasoned answers here, thanks everyone. =)

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 2 weeks ago
I will always choose the best answer, it's my question and a best answer can differ from my own view if it's well reasoned. Also, all forums attract a greater proportion of *bunny boilers* than are in the general population, i ain't going to let that be a factor.