Deliberation and Natural Slavery. From: Social Theory and Practice | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: Harvey, Martin | COPYRIGHT 2001 Social Theory and Practice-Florida State University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

1. Introduction

Slavery was ubiquitous in the ancient world, and classical Greece, for all its obvious glory, was by no means an exception. Relentlessly upheld by custom, slavery played an essential role in the ancient economy.(1) Custom, however, is the king of the unreflective, and, more often than not, it is rapidly dethroned when confronted by sustained philosophical inquiry. A practice that requires the complete domination of one human being by another seemingly cal...

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