Ethics In The 19th Century

Author Chris Chapman states the reformation of ethics within the five centuries. Each century is given their own sections with immense details. The first section is the sixteenth century which si the Secularizing of Life, Liberty, and the Perpetration of Atrocity. This century is based on the the ruling-class, which most were Christians. Christianity, then, was seen as the “right” type of religion, and was seen as the only one that was morally dominant. Christians would kills for God’s will; one must either convert to Christianity or be killed for staying loyal to their religions. Religions, such as Islamic, Judaism, and “witchcrafts,” etc, anything that wasn’t deemed as Christianity was seen as the “other” and those who practiced those religions …show more content…
Those who are disabled were locked away, the was the “new solution” of cleaning the society (30). This literally meant “If I don’t get to see the problem right in front of me, then I won’t have to deal with it. This followed through with the eighteenth century, however, this time genealogy, was not in the picture. Hospitals were provided, however, patients who were disabled did not receive treatment, rather, they were thrown straight into prison (32). The nineteenth century is when the Residential School system is provided. “Residential Schools, beginning in the nineteenth century is best understood not only as a result of discrete developments relating to education, disability, or colonialism but also as a result of shared developments in white ruling-class progressives and professionals transformed residential schools, penalty, charity, public education, and institutions for various disabled peoples” (Chapman 32). The twentieth century, was the last century that Chapman discussed. This was the time when ethics finally started to developed, rationality started to kick in and suggests that there should and are treatments for those who are