Although the philosophes condemned slavery,they did not argue for its immediate abolition and used many different means of avoiding the issue.One of their members,_________,exposed the hypocrisy of this approach by wondering how the Europeans would view slavery if they themselves were being enslaved.

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Voltaire was the member of the philosophes who exposed the hypocrisy of their approach to slavery by questioning how Europeans would feel if they were enslaved.

Although the Philosophes Condemned Slavery,they Did Not Argue for Its