The alleged justification of slavery vith all its more specific explanations in terms of physical force, capture in time of war, the saving and preservation of life, sustenance, education Ziehung acts of benevolence, the slave's own acquiescence, etc.), as well as the justification of the master's status as simple lordship in general, and all historical views on the right of slavery and lordship, depend on regarding the human being simply as a natural being Naturwesen