Using this kinf od logic a slave owner could argue that since his slaves don’t commit suicide they live in a arrangement that is mutually beneficial.
The analogous question of whether it is good or bad to bring up more people living in slavery seems rather tricky. If you have a slaver owner that breeds his slaves and one that doesn’t has one done a bigger bad than the other? However there it seems that the comparison point isn’t so much non-existence but rather existence “in the wild” or as free members of society. With animals it would mean that while living a caged life could be positive in absolute terms it would negatively compare to life in the wild. If you kidnap someone they don’t thank you for your upkeep but blame you for their loss of freedom of movement.
Using this kinf od logic a slave owner could argue that since his slaves don’t commit suicide they live in a arrangement that is mutually beneficial.
The analogous question of whether it is good or bad to bring up more people living in slavery seems rather tricky. If you have a slaver owner that breeds his slaves and one that doesn’t has one done a bigger bad than the other? However there it seems that the comparison point isn’t so much non-existence but rather existence “in the wild” or as free members of society. With animals it would mean that while living a caged life could be positive in absolute terms it would negatively compare to life in the wild. If you kidnap someone they don’t thank you for your upkeep but blame you for their loss of freedom of movement.