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 16, 2018 2:37:31 GMT kls likes this

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Post by goz on Jul 16, 2018 2:37:31 GMT

Jul 9, 2018 15:56:59 GMT Terrapin Station said:

Jul 9, 2018 14:00:14 GMT kls said:

Are you still going to act as if you don't know the context of what we were talking about?

What I'm talking about is the "who are you to say" objection in general.

When it is bodily autonomy, it is that person.

This is epitomised in the modern western societies' law on 'consent', both sexual and bodily autonomy in the sense of consenting to surgery, anaesthesia etc. That is the context, which doesn't necessarily have an 'overall' objection, just in the terms of personal sovereignty and bodily autonomy. It is recognised by the UN as a human right in this regard.