b. Spanish Catholics thought other people were irrational simply because they werent catholic c. There were also some counter currents d. most famous whistle blower bartolome de las casas a colonizer in the new world Guilt-stricken by the destruction of the population in the Caribbean, became a dominican and huge advocate for the native iii. 1650 has a famous showdown with another Dominican named Sepulveda bated the humanity of the Indians Could you attack them first and missionize them later or were they worthy of being missionized first and attacked 2. Not a debate in the traditional Never met face to face. One person read manuscript for about five hours and then the other read a manuscript After that a commission went off and made their decision about who was more convincing. v. In essence they were debating cultural and moral relativism e. Famous French essayist Montaigne i. Wrote an essay on cannibalism 1. For a brief while the French had a colony in Brazil, wrote about cannibalism seen there 2. Members of a group called the tupi 3. Said that in many ways the culture was more egalitarian more harmonious that French society 4. Idealized this native culture He wasn t say ing the cannibalism was good, but was showing that if we judged these people by European moral standards, they in many ways outshone French societyb. Spanish Catholics thought other people were irrational simply because they weren’t Catholic. c. There were also some counter currents d. Most famous whistle blower: Bartolome de Las Casas i. A colonizer in the new world. ii. Guilt-stricken by the destruction of the population in the Caribbean, became a Dominican and huge advocate for the native population. iii. 1650 has a famous showdown with another Dominican named Sepulveda iv. Debated the humanity of the Indians 1. Could you attack them first and missionize them later or were they worthy of being missionized first and attacked later? 2. Not a debate in the traditional sense. Never met face to face. One person read manuscript for about five hours and then the other read a manuscript. After that a commission went off and made their decision about who was more convincing. v. In essence they were debating cultural and moral relativism. e. Famous French essayist Montaigne i. Wrote an essay on cannibalism. 1. For a brief while the French had a colony in Brazil, wrote about cannibalism seen there. 2. Members of a group called the Tupi 3. Said that in many ways the culture was more egalitarian an more harmonious that French society. 4. Idealized this native culture. ii. He wasn’t saying the cannibalism was good, but was showing that if we judged these people by European moral standards, they in many ways outshone French society