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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2018277" data-attributes="member: 463">Is slavery evil?&nbsp; I think in a human-rights based ethos it is; because it's a denial of the slaves' rights and thus their humanity.&nbsp; So slavery in antebellum USA or default D&amp;D (with its 21st century Seattle ethos) is evil.&nbsp; By contrast in a society with no concept of human rights, slavery may just be a point along a continuum of status, rather than an either/or question.&nbsp; In 5th century BC Persia everyone was technically slave of the Great King.&nbsp; In medieval Celtic Britain (Scotland, Ireland, Wales - no slavery in England after 11th century AD) a slave's status wasn't necessarily much different than a serf's.&nbsp; In the latter societies it's probably best classified as a neutral thing, though raiding for slaves should always be considered Evil in D&amp;D alignments.When we use slavery in RPGs we almost always use antebellum USA as a model, consciously or not, so RPG slavery almost always tends strongly to evil.&nbsp; IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 2018277, member: 463"] Is slavery evil? I think in a human-rights based ethos it is; because it's a denial of the slaves' rights and thus their humanity. So slavery in antebellum USA or default D&D (with its 21st century Seattle ethos) is evil. By contrast in a society with no concept of human rights, slavery may just be a point along a continuum of status, rather than an either/or question. In 5th century BC Persia everyone was technically slave of the Great King. In medieval Celtic Britain (Scotland, Ireland, Wales - no slavery in England after 11th century AD) a slave's status wasn't necessarily much different than a serf's. In the latter societies it's probably best classified as a neutral thing, though raiding for slaves should always be considered Evil in D&D alignments. When we use slavery in RPGs we almost always use antebellum USA as a model, consciously or not, so RPG slavery almost always tends strongly to evil. IMO. [/QUOTE]

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