“Future generations will judge us as moral barbarians”
Agree
- We factory farm billions of animals
- Climate change shows our selfishness
- Future ethics always expand beyond ours
- Slavery seemed normal to past societies
- Our consumption is clearly unsustainable
Disagree
- We've made incredible moral progress
- Every era has different challenges
- We're more aware than any generation
- Technology changes what's possible ethically
- Historical context matters for judgment
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