Historical figures should be judged by the standards of their own time.

The opening

This asks whether the moral standards of the past or the present should be used to assess people from history. Good takes offer a concrete example and explain where they would draw the line. Individual contemporary people are out of scope.

Scale: 1 is Strongly against, 10 is Strongly for

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