"I'm just trying to point out that using today's "acceptable" to judge the past will devalue everything that's ever been accomplished"
I disagree, even in the time of the Founding Fathers it was common knowledge that slavery was bad, they just didn't care. Is that not wrong?
And in this case, clearly Asimov knew that what he was doing was wrong. We can call out what these figures did as being wrong, while also acknowledging the work that they have done.
And? Why does that matter to you?
"I'm just trying to point out that using today's "acceptable" to judge the past will devalue everything that's ever been accomplished"
I disagree, even in the time of the Founding Fathers it was common knowledge that slavery was bad, they just didn't care. Is that not wrong?
And in this case, clearly Asimov knew that what he was doing was wrong. We can call out what these figures did as being wrong, while also acknowledging the work that they have done.