Answer to Question #143436 in Economics for Neba

Question

As a student of history of economic thoughts on do you evaluate and what is your opinion n the following Aristotle ethical justification of slavery:
"The lower sorts are by nature slaves, and its better as for all inferior that they should be under the rule of a master ......indeed the use made of slaves and of tame animals is not very different."

Answer 1

This ethical justification of slavery reflects the essence of the attitude towards slaves and the level of development of civilization in the era of Aristotle. For that time, unfortunately, it was better for a simple person to fear under the rule of the owner, as this guaranteed him some conditional social guarantees of that time.