Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ...
by dragonwriter on Friday February 12, 2021 @05:37AM
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> Is it fair to hold people in the past to the morals of today?
It's impossible, so it doesn't matter if it's fair: we’re not transporting reward or punishment back to people in the past.
Our decisions about who from the past we hold up as role models, and how, isn't about fairness to people in the past, it's about fairness to people in the present.
It's impossible, so it doesn't matter if it's fair: we’re not transporting reward or punishment back to people in the past.
Our decisions about who from the past we hold up as role models, and how, isn't about fairness to people in the past, it's about fairness to people in the present.