Since pedophilia was acceptable in ancient Greece, it was okay for Plato to have boy toys?

Question

Who are we to judge another culture, right?

Answer 1

It's interesting to me that the sexual issues are being raised repeatedly, but that there has been nothing said about slavery, subjugation of women, the feudal economic system, or the murder/suicide of Socrates.

Not only can you not judge that culture, it is futile to try. They've been dead 2000 years. What's more, we don't exactly know all the issues at hand. My grandparents, as recently as 1916, were married when they were 17 (my grandmother) and 15 (my grandfather). They didn't even need permission. In this day and age, my grandmother might have, in some states, been considered a child molester. But that was a different time, and no one batted an eye.

It is impossible to view the ethics of an ancient society through the eyes of our own. It will lead us only to a sense of self-righteous piety and not allow us to view how well they lived up to their own ethics.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

My understanding of that time period is that boys who acted as sex slaves were not doing so out of their own free will. They were being used, and I think that that is a disgrace to what a sexual relationship should be about. I don't believe a child is old enough to make that kind of decision and I highly doubt these boys were asked.

So yes, by those cultural standards it was okay. But to me, it was morally sick.

Answer 4

Tell that to the little boy's parents....