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Originally Posted by Guybrush
I generally think that how morally good or bad an action is depends on the consequences in terms of joy / suffering rather than what one believes. If you did something and everyone but you think you're evil, I guess the chances are higher that you did something that caused significantly more suffering than joy. It's an indication perhaps, though no guarantee.
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So is slavery evil now but not back in the day? I mean if it's that subjective even on a societal scale then is it even useful as a concept you can rely on, or is it more like a statue where you have to chisel away only the correct bits of stone to reveal a correct conception of evil?