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Selling Yourself into Slavery: Sunday Webcast
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Diana Mertz Hsieh
Mar 2, 2012, 2:21:53 PM3/2/12
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In my live Philosophy in Action Webcast ( http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
) on Sunday morning, I'll be answering a question on selling yourself
into slavery that might be of interest. The question is:
*** Why can't a person sell himself into slavery? People often decry
indentured servitude, whereby people paid for their travel to America
with several years of service. But this seems like a perfectly sound
trade given certain assumptions about the terms of that service, e.g.
you can't starve or abuse the servant. Is that right? If so, why can't
a person sell himself into slavery? For instance, suppose that my
family is poor, so I arrange with someone to give my family money in
exchange for me becoming their slave, i.e. literally becoming their
property. Is that possible? Should the law forbid that? ***
I'd love to hear your own answer to this question!
To watch me answer this question live and join in the text chat, go to
http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com on Sunday, 4 March 2012 at 8 am PT /
9 am MT / 10 am CT / 11 am ET. Be sure to check out the other
questions on tap for this week's webcast too: http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com/upcoming
In the meantime...
* Connect With Us: http://www.philosophyinaction.com/connect/ –
Connect via social media, e-mail, RSS feeds, and more.
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– Listen to whole episodes and individual questions.
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I hope to see you on Sunday morning!
-- Diana Hsieh (Ph.D, Philosophy)
http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
) on Sunday morning, I'll be answering a question on selling yourself
into slavery that might be of interest. The question is:
*** Why can't a person sell himself into slavery? People often decry
indentured servitude, whereby people paid for their travel to America
with several years of service. But this seems like a perfectly sound
trade given certain assumptions about the terms of that service, e.g.
you can't starve or abuse the servant. Is that right? If so, why can't
a person sell himself into slavery? For instance, suppose that my
family is poor, so I arrange with someone to give my family money in
exchange for me becoming their slave, i.e. literally becoming their
property. Is that possible? Should the law forbid that? ***
I'd love to hear your own answer to this question!
To watch me answer this question live and join in the text chat, go to
http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com on Sunday, 4 March 2012 at 8 am PT /
9 am MT / 10 am CT / 11 am ET. Be sure to check out the other
questions on tap for this week's webcast too: http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com/upcoming
In the meantime...
* Connect With Us: http://www.philosophyinaction.com/connect/ –
Connect via social media, e-mail, RSS feeds, and more.
* Peruse the Webcast Archives: http://www.philosophyinaction.com/archive/
– Listen to whole episodes and individual questions.
* Contribute to the Question Queue: http://www.philosophyinaction.com/queue/
– Submit and vote on questions for upcoming webcasts.
I hope to see you on Sunday morning!
-- Diana Hsieh (Ph.D, Philosophy)
http://www.PhilosophyInAction.com
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Jun 25, 2012, 12:57:36 PM6/25/12
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"Diana Mertz Hsieh" <di...@dianahsieh.com> wrote in message
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Hebrews (see Leviticus 25:47, for example)..
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