Slavery in Ancient Greece was ubiquitous. Let's assume every citizen of Athens, for example, accepted the legitimacy of slavery. Would that mean there were no morally good Athenians?
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I chose the first option. Almost everyone in the past was awful, but half were better than average.
So presumably the least 10% awful are in some sense praiseworthy - and it that sense good?
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If they all thought slavery was legitimate to the same degree, then I think they'd all be bad, but if some thought it was less justifiable than others, they'd be less bad, and praiseworthy in some sense as well.
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I'm not sure, I guess many would consider the average person of a certain time to be neutral, and people who were more moral than average to be good; but I tend to think of historical figures relative to today's standards, so the vast majority would probably be bad.
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