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Entry: Bloody kansas Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/bloody_kansas#7987 Post contents: Let's define slavery: When person A's body is the physical property of person B, and thus (1) person A's body can be bought and sold as are animals and machines and furniture; and (2)person A has no right to his own happiness, and his existence (or non-existence) is only ancillary to person B's happiness. The definition of slavery and the 2nd consequence apply also to child-killing. Slavery and child-killing are both so deeply depersonalizing and such intrinsic evils that to say which is worse is of little importance. Were there any Christian theologians who supported slavery, so much the worse for them. A systematic Thomist, and a thoroughgoing Christian, follow Boethius who follows Roman Law: <i>persona est sui juris (non alterius juris) et alteri incommunicabilis</i>. Sent at: 2008 07 06