A number of arguments have been put
forward to try and justify slavery. Some of the best arguments
according to me are as follows:
- "It's natural that some people are
slaves": This argument says that some people are slaves as a part
of the natural order of the universe, or as part of God's plan, and
it is wrong to interfere with this by abolishing slavery.
- "Slaves are inferior beings": This
argument says that even if slavery is cruel and degrading, slaves
are not fully human and so their suffering is as ethically
important or unimportant as the suffering of domestic animals and
they do not have any rights that would justify the abolition of
slavery.