Can Slavery Be Justified? (Blog-post #5)

Can slavery be justified? The simple answer is no, not really. It is horrific to enslave a human being, however, people found many ways to justify this terrible act. In 'Captains and Slaves: Aphra Behn and the Rhetoric of Republic', Warren Chernaik talks about Locke's and Hobbs' view of slavery. Both had essentially agreed that slavery was indeed okay if it was within a war content. This means that if one group of people wins a war between the other, that the winning people can hold the other captive. They become slaves to the other group. They're the looser, so why should they get to be free? They are a disgrace to their community, who would want them now? Chernaik makes references to Oroonoko to back his arguments. He makes it seem like because they're losers, they can be owned no problem. He also discusses the wrong ways of slavery. He says that the way it came about was bad. The things these people did to their captives was awe-full. Either way slavery can never truly be justified.