 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
In Christian theory, a man has no right to murder one of his slaves, or to force a female slave into concubinage, or to dissolve the marriages of slaves; in religious matters, all men are equal. But although this is the official doctrine, it has been very far from being the practice in most Christian countries at most times. Wherever slavery has prevailed, the above theoretical rights of slave's have not been acknowledged either by individuals or by the law courts. ...
This attitude has been very greatly softened during the last hundred years, but more of it still lingers than is generally admitted.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 5
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