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Could you say that this country was based on the work of slaves, and that it gave us an advantage over other countries?

Could you say that this country was based on the work of slaves, and that it gave us an advantage over other countries?

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August 2, 2023

Question: Could you say that this country was based on the work of slaves, and that it gave us an advantage over other countries?

 Answer: Slavery was a huge disadvantage. It held us back, especially in the South. Obviously, slavery is a huge disadvantage to the slaves, who are part of the country, and they're then forced to live stunted lives, but also pretty much everyone else. Slavery is a dead-weight loss, both morally and economically. It caused huge social friction between North and South, between slaves and non-slaves, people who were for abolition and people who were not, as well as being economically underperforming. 

 The important thing to note historically is that those countries that rejected slavery and worked hard to abolish it; those are the countries that became rich first and then fastest.

Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.
About the author:
Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Stephen R. C. Hicks is a Senior Scholar for The Atlas Society and Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University. He is also the Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University.

Il est l'auteur de L'art du raisonnement : Readings for Logical Analysis (W. W. Norton & Co., 1998), Expliquer le postmodernisme : Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Scholargy, 2004), Nietzsche et les nazis (Le rasoir d'Ockham, 2010), La vie entrepreneuriale (CEEF, 2016), Le libéralisme pour et contre (Connor Court, 2020), L'art : Moderne, postmoderne et au-delà (avec Michael Newberry, 2021) et Eight Philosophies of Education (2022). Il a publié des articles dans Business Ethics Quarterly, Review of Metaphysics et Le Wall Street Journal. Ses écrits ont été traduits en 20 langues.

Il a été professeur invité en éthique des affaires à l'université de Georgetown à Washington, D.C., chercheur invité au Social Philosophy & Policy Center à Bowling Green, Ohio, professeur invité à l'université de Kasimir le Grand, en Pologne, chercheur invité au Harris Manchester College de l'université d'Oxford, en Angleterre, et professeur invité à l'université Jagiellonian, en Pologne.

Il est titulaire d'une licence et d'une maîtrise de l'université de Guelph, au Canada. Il est titulaire d'un doctorat en philosophie de l'université d'Indiana, Bloomington, États-Unis.

En 2010, il a reçu le prix d'excellence en enseignement de son université.

Sa série de podcasts Open College est publiée par Possibly Correct Productions, à Toronto. Ses conférences et entretiens vidéo sont en ligne sur CEE Video Channel, et son site web est StephenHicks.org.  


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