The inevitable is just so, and attempting to avoid it or fearing it is foolish. Whether the eventual death that comes to us all, or a moment of weakness in a time of despair that pretty much everyone experiences. How we achieve our goals is what matters, as well as how we live.
The inevitable is just so, and attempting to avoid it or fearing it is foolish. Whether the eventual death that comes to us all, or a moment of weakness in a time of despair that pretty much everyone experiences. How we achieve our goals is what matters, as well as how we live.
Essentially, we are a mechanism to help advance entropy; strictly speaking, propagating and producing descendant generations is the duty of lifeforms. But, living life is also to say that we must seek out experiences and immerse ourselves in the human condition.
This goes beyond slavery. This would include manipulation as well. To rob a person of his/her free will is the same as robbing him/her of his/her humanity.
Doing so is tantamount to exercising mastery over another person. There are times though when it is necessary to charge a fee for expertise; such a free should always be at most commensurate to the benefit that would result after sharing.
Society is made better by the exchange of ideas. But to forcibly compel a person to adopt your ideas as their own removes the benefits wrought by discourse. It is the journey to knowledge that brings personal and societal growth.