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Comment author: Lumifer 29 April 2014 08:41:40PM 1 point [-]

effective, involuntary modification of people's ethics isn't something our culture has ever had to deal with in reality

Don't forced religious conversions (especially mass ones) qualify?

Comment author: Nornagest 29 April 2014 08:50:12PM 1 point [-]

Hmm. Interesting question, but I'd say no; a forced conversion can't affect a person's actual convictions, only their ritual performance and other aspects of outward behavior. That might over time lead to changes in convictions, but that would be more analogous to our slave-owners upthread being exposed to modern society and learning in good after-school special form that slavery is bad, mmkay?

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