What's moral?

Food for thought:

Leading Romans, especially in the 2nd & 3rd centuries AD, saw imprisonment as inhumane. The emperor Antoninus (86-161 AD) said the “penalty can be scarcely imposed [even] on a person of servile condition.” Hadrian (117-138 AD) forbade life imprisonment by provincial governors. pic.twitter.com/4OYqdhCI0M

— manvir singh (@mnvrsngh) December 21, 2021

The larger thread includes other similar evaluations from places like Papua New Guinea, Morocco, and native groups in Alaska.

Or consider this:

Changing moral standards. Child labor was once seen as a good thing pic.twitter.com/ooNRAyBRMa

— Jason Crawford (@jasoncrawford) April 29, 2023