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 23:53:15 GMT

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Post by goz on Jul 16, 2018 23:53:15 GMT

Jul 16, 2018 23:29:04 GMT captainbryce said:

I say no. Nor will it be wrong when future generations judge ours harshly by their morality. Morality always evolves, never devolves! Future morality will always be superior to past morality unless society is devastated and has to start all over.

I hope you are right, butt I very much doubt it. There have been some serious 'blips' in the accepted morality at some times in history (and without wishing to invoke Godwin's Law) with the recent rise of Nazism as a semi-modern reminder.

Ask any German about this and certainly amongst the older generations there is an embarrassment and guilt about how they were conned into the really nasty elements of Nazism. it seems that propaganda can create its own 'morality'.