Is it wrong to judge how people behaved in the past based on today's morals?

Is it wrong to judge how people behaved in the past based on today's morals? Jul 6, 2018 11:07:13 GMT

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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jul 6, 2018 11:07:13 GMT

Jul 6, 2018 11:02:33 GMT FilmFlaneur said:

Jul 6, 2018 10:30:02 GMT CoolJGS☺ said:

Judgements on the past (or present) are merely opinions. Our "judgements " have no effect on past actions.

I would say it is largely pointless to be angry about the past actions of others.

Another consideration is the way that writers of the past are used to judge those of us today, for which the same arguments, pro- and anti would seem to apply. Like when today's modern societies are held to account based on the proscriptions of ancient writings, and the inspirations drawn from gods of way back. Or supposing us all us 'guilty' of crimes perceived long before we were born.

The "judgement", which again is largely an opinion anyway, is a current moral standard people choose to adhere to rather than a past one.

I suppose some think that creating a new morality every fifty years for freshness' sake is a god idea, although that seems kinda stupid to me.

Nopw if you want to waste time arguing the notion of God's existence, that seems to be a different topic.