Un peuple qui trafique de ses enfants est encore plus condamnable que l'acheteur: ce negoce demontre notre superiorite; ce qui se donne un maitre etait ne pour en avoir.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Selling children shows deep moral failure; claiming superiority over buyers reveals a flaw in humanity.
- In plain terms
- Parents who sell children are worse than the buyers.
- What can you take from it?
- Exploiting your own family is the deepest moral failure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is exploitation acceptable?
- What defines moral failure?
Another view
Economic desperation can drive such acts, complicating moral judgment.
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