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Juan Gines Sepulveda argues that conquering native Americans is justified on the belief that they were less civilized than the Spanish colonists. This notion in Sepulveda's writing is derived from racial superiority along with what Spanish colonists have observed while being in the New World, one of the main ones being how their society was organized. Because Native American society lacked a central, constitutional government, Sepulveda attacks this by stating this is an indicator of their low intelligence and their illiteracy.
This barbarism, Sepulveda claims, would be helped through colonization which would expose native Americans to the Spaniards' way of life and how their society was organized.

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Bartolome de Las Casas believed that the indigenous people were not primitive nor inferior to the Spanish. Instead, he expressed sympathy for the natives and criticized the Spanish colonizers for their mistreatment of them. Las Casas argues that the indigenous people deserved to be treated as civil and equal people to the Europeans.

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Sepulveda viewed Native Americans as barbaric and inhuman. The reason for doing this is to make Europeans feel better and agree with him, which helped them colonize and spread their beliefs in America. Sepulveda believe conquering Native Americans were acceptable because he thought that they weren't civilized. He argued they lacked proper laws and town freedom. He aimed to present Native Americans as uncivilized allowing Europeans to bring back civilization.

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Bartolome de Las Cases embraced a positive stance on Native Americans, He believed they were open to Christianity and had organized societies. He rejected notions of barbarism, highlighting their existing states, laws, religion, and customs, while advocating for their human dignity through shared humanity and Christian values. Las Cases tried to change how Europeans saw Native Americans.

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Sepulveda viewed the indigenous people as inferior to the Spaniards and that it was their duty to conquer and convert the indigenous people into Christians. Sepulveda argues that the indigenous people lacked reason and therefore could not govern themselves. The Spaniards were to subjugate them into being civilized and into the light of Christianity. Sepulveda’s views on indigenous people were complex, reflecting both a sense of appreciation for the indigenous people’s unique cultures and traditions and a belief in the superiority of the Spanish colonization and its need to bring Christianity into the Western world.

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Bartolome de las Casas and Juan Guines de Sepulveda had different views of the whites. While Spulveda portrayed them as inferior, advocating Spanish sovereignty based on the idea of superiority, Las casas fought back wiyh a more sympathetic view Las casas, contrary to Sepulveda's potrayal, saved lives acknowledged the challenges of the indigenous community by defending the ability to govern and accept christiianity abuse a number of actively condemned and advocated their rights and dignity.

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Bartolome de Las Casas paints the Native Americans in a more positive light compared to Sepulveda. Bartolome speaks out against the general idea of how Native Americans are animalistic, uncivilized, and barbaric. But rather, Bartolome claims that the Native Americans are intelligent and capable human beings as they have built and created organized governments; close and loyal communities with their own culture to each community. Bartolome sees no real need to conquer and colonize the Native Americans, as they have already built a civilization that could rival Spain. But Rather, to spread the good faith of Catholicism and have the Native American rectify their sins.

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Juan Guines de Sepulveda and Bartolome de las Casas held opposing view of people. Influenced by ancient differences, Sepulveda subdued them and justified Spanish domination through perceived differences in manners and civilization Las Casas criticized Sepulveda's ideals embraced christianity through the ability to control people emphasis on nations, and praised their sociality and inherent value.

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Bartolome puts a more positive light on the Native Americans, even going to the lengths to defend them against Sepulveda.  He says that the Native Americans are "not that barbaric" or "dull-witted".  He says that they are very observant of Christianity and are ready to accept it.  He also adds that the already had existing states, laws, religion, and custom. Although, similarly to Sepulveda, he wants to introduce Christianity to Native Americans despite them already having religions they believed in previously.

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The way Sepulveda views the Native Americans is quite negative.  In his excerpt from his book: The Second Democrates states difference between the Native Americans and Spanish is like "between apes and men". He believes that the Spanish are superior to the Native Americans in every way, going as far as to calling them barbarians. He also seems to generalize all of the Native Americans to being primitive.

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Sepulveda claims that it is within Spain's full right to conquer, colonize, and convert the Native Americans of the New World. Furthermore, Supulveda believes that the Natives are uncivilized, cannibalistic, and cowardly barbarians due to the fact that they have no written laws, personal ownership of land, and freedom. Sepulveda backs up his claim through purposeful dehumanization of the Native Americans through calling the Natives half-men or comparing the natives to apes; in order to emphasize how Spain needs to colonize and convert the Natives to Christianity as that is the only way for the Natives to truly become civilized.

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Bartolome de Las Casas has a more positive perception of Indians when compared to Sepulveda. He claims that Indians are not barbaric and denies the general belief of Indians that Europeans created. He challenges the idea of Indians not having a strong, central government by mentioning how they have organized states, laws, and religion that surpass those of Spaniards. De Las Casas views Indians as already having good civilization, but converting Indians to Christianity would enhance it.

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Juan Gines de Supulveda has a negative perception of Indians. His strong sense of nationalism causes him to view Spaniards as superior and Indians as barbaric and savage. He criticizes Indians by stating how they have a weak government and continues by calling them monstrous for having human sacrifices. Sepulveda argues that the only way to civilize Indians is for them to convert to Christianity. His idea of civilizing mission justifies the Spaniard's harsh treatment towards Indians. He uses his criticism of Indians as justification to colonize Indians and conquer the Americas.

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Sepulveda argues the indigenous people of America are inferior to the Spanish due to their different ways of living. He uses this opinion as reasoning to take control and enforce Christianity onto native populations. Sepulveda is able to recognize their grand civilizations but criticizes their forms of housing, monumentalizing, government, religion, and social hierarchy. According to Sepulveda, since these indigenous people acted as 'slaves' to their rulers, it was ethical to control their populations, as they were used to behaving this way. Another justification he used followed the ideology of social darwinism, and he believed the natives were an inferior, uncivilized race.

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De Las Casa believes in the spread of Christianity to indigenous people through non-violent means. Like Sepulveda, De Las Casa mentions the advanced civilizations that have been built by the natives. Instead of attacking their way of life, he praises them for their organization, customs, culture, and demonstrations of intelligence. He adamantly argues against the use of force or violence with the reason that indigenous people are humans too. He states they carry great potential in becoming Christian and living an even better way of life.

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De las Cases was a kind hearted soul compared to Supulveda and thought the opposite of what Supulveda thought of Indigenous people. De las Cases thought that the Indigenous people were intelligent and not barbaric. De las Cases states, “They are not ignorant, inhuman, or bestial, [r]ather, long before they had heard the word Spaniard they had properly organized states, wisely ordered by excellent laws, religion, and custom” (E. Hafeli). De las Cases had a more positive outlook on the indigenous people and seemed to advocate for them. However, just like Supulveda he felt like they needed to embrace Christ in order to be guided towards the right path.

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Sepulveda makes the argument of how indigenous people are inferior to the Spaniard's. Throughout the passage he would go on rants of how disconnected the indigenous people are compared to the Spaniard’s. It states, "Compare, then, these gifts of prudence, talent, magnanimity, temperance, humanity, and religion with those possessed by these half-men, in whom you will barely find the vestiges of humanity” (E. Hafeli). With Sepulveda saying these comments he would then compare the two, which would highlight the Spaniards to be some superior ethnicity while making the indigenous people look inferior and barabic.

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Dominican friar Bartolome de Las Casas's treatment of the native peoples is better compared to the other Spanish. Dominican friar Bartolome de Las Casas's plans on reforming Spanish colonial policies by treating Indians like their equals. This reveals that Dominican friar Bartolome sees Indians as civilized, unlike the other Spanish that believes Indians are dissimilar to the Spanish.

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Juan Gines de Sepulveda believed that Indians needs to become more “civilized” with the help of the Spanish. The Spanish consider Indians less civilized because they have seen Indians fight continually until they have the flesh of their enemies. Explaining that the Spanish came to civilize the Indians, but they scattered in flight making them seem less civilized.

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Heavily influenced by his pride for his own Spaniard culture, Sepulveda belittles the indigenous peoples, claiming that they are barbaric cowards with little to no knowledge, while on the other hand, greatly praising his own Spanish people for being blessed, benevolent, and civilized. His slander of the Indigenous people and their culture are being judged based on whether their culture has what the Spanish have: religion (specifically Christianity), education, literacy, fine arts, commerce, and government/laws. Through his point of view, if a civilization doesn't have these things, it's barbaric and uneducated, inferior to "advanced civilization like Spain, and being dominated by other--to use his term for it--advanced cultures, is justified as he thinks that they need a good influence to become advanced.

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Meanwhile, Las Casas acts as an advocate for the Indigenous peoples; believing that they are just like the Spanish and can rule themselves, except that they are still meek and innocent and just need a little push of faith in God and Catholicism. He disapproves of the Spaniards' oppression of the Indigenous peoples and thinks that that is sinful and isn't the right approach to bring faith and civility to others. Rather than just illiterate barbarians, the Indigenous peoples can learn freely without any force, as they are able to assimilate and are ready to accept/obtain the gospel, like a blank slate. He thinks that there should be Christian rule, as he believes it is the right rule and is justified for the sole reason of spreading their faith; making the oppression of natives, in his point of view, useless and even more barbaric than the Indigenous peoples.

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Sepluvda constantly talks of the greatness of the Spanish and constantly speaks of how the Natives are barbarians speaking of how they´re cannibals, how though they may have a civilization its inability to compare to the Spanish Civilization and in the end stating how they should enslave them. His counterpart Las Casas while agreeing the Natives are Barbarians and that they are superior sees potential in the Natives and believes that they can be equals to the Spanish constantly talking of how their civilization is similar to theirs and how it has thrived long before coming into contact with them and how instead of enslaving them they should teach them and convert the people to Christianity and help them learn the ways of the Spanish people.

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De Las Casas' view on natives opposes Sepulveda's beliefs of natives being barbaric and he sees their humanity.  Unlike Sepulveda, de Las Casas, having sailed to the Americas and met natives, is able to see their humanity and how they have their own culture and government.  Despite their differing cultures, de Las Casas acknowledges how the natives have accomplished everything and more that a "civilized" society such as his own Spanish one could. Sepulveda seems to find the natives' culture and government to be an obstacle that can only be avoided through "civilization", while de Las Casas makes it clear he sees both of these things as being well developed and evidence of the natives' intelligence.  Because of this, he sees a population of highly intelligent people who would be willing to learn about a different religion (Catholicism) and practice it, showing how his views oppose Sepulveda's and how he sees the natives as "civilized" and their humanity.

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Bartolome de Las Casas argues that the Native Indians are equal to the Spanish in terms of civilization and is in opposition to the belief that everything the Native Indians do is uncivilized. He comments that the laws of the Native Indians are far superior to those of the Spanish and that the Native Indians are sophisticated in liberal arts and do not deserve persecution by any means because they are capable of achieving anything that a "civilized" society has. Bartolome believes that the Native Indians are equal to the Spanish and only require Christianity to perfect their civilization and the Native Indian's civilization is just as legitimate.

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Sepulveda's viewed the natives as vastly inferior to Spaniards, arguing they do not possess the same mentality, thinking process and way of life as them. He argues that their lifestyle is barbaric, with no order and sovereign nation, that they are not as capable as Spaniards to think and decide. e argues they would not be able to keep a leader because they cannot think for themselves all the while he constantly commends the Spanish lifestyle and form of government and order.

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Bartolome de Las Casas disagreed with the ideas and the terrible actions that the Spanish has committed against the indigenous people of the Americas. He considered the natives like brothers and the same. De Las Casas claims that the indigenous people have the same capability that the Spanish do and could be civilized too.

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Heavily influenced by his pride for his own Spaniard culture, Sepulveda belittles the indigenous peoples, claiming that they are barbaric cowards with little to no knowledge. On the other hand, he greatly praises his own Spanish people for being blessed, benevolent, and civilized. His slander of the Indigenous people and their culture are being judged by basing it on whether they have what the Spanish have: religion (specifically Christianity), education, literacy, fine arts, and government/laws. Through his point of view, if a civilization doesn't have these things, it's barbaric and uneducated, and should be dominated by other, to use his term for it, advanced cultures, is justified as he thinks that they need a good influence to advance.

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De Las Casas speaks out against the barbaric treatment that Spaniards have imposed upon Indigenous Americans. He claims that they are not stupid nor barbaric--they have created organized governments and created close-knit communities with distinct cultures. De Las Casas views the Americas as not a place to conquer, but rather spread the gospel of Catholicism; he claims that the natives were meek and kind-hearted people who would readily accept Christ. He treats these natives delicately, acknowledging their civilizations as legitimate as Spain's, finding merely spreading Catholicism as the only necessary action that should be taken.

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Sepluvda sees indians as inferior, barbaric, cowardly, and the Spanish deserve to rule over them. He describes the indians as underdeveloped, war hungry flesh eating, God denying people, who run at first sight of Sepluvdas soldiers, and inferior compared to the spaniards. He sees the spaniards as these saviors, talentless gentle heroes, keeping even their enemies safe. Sepluvda is bound to persuade Emporer Charles with his slander because he is a student of Artistotle, and this will likely lead to a justified genocide of the Indians as well as Christianity being forced upon their culture.

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Las Casas believes that the natives are not to be treated as animals, as they are human, just like everyone else. He contrasts Sepulveda's claims with evidence of civilization in the indigenous people that Sepulveda neglected to speak about and the establishments that they themselves created with no knowledge whatsoever about the Spaniards. Las Casas uses Christian ideas and beliefs to further humanize the natives in that they are our brothers in Christ. Las Casas defends the natives in a way that humanizes them and this directly opposed the stigma that many Europeans placed on the Native Americans.

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Bartolome thinks Indians as humans, who do not deserve the plunder of spaniards. He sees them as highly adaptive people, who besides from what Sepluvda has ever said or slandered are very developed with their own laws, cultures, and custom. He tells everyone that the Indians do not need to be forced into Christianity, but instead taught it, and the barbaric actions of the invading spaniards would make them hypocrites. Bartolome hopes to prevent the slaughter of the indians, and instead teach them the new culture that they are very willing to learn.

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Sepulveda's view on natives is that they are violent and inhuman and therefore must be "civilized" by the Spanish. He slanders a part of their culture through saying that their artisanship shows no proof of human intelligence, which also takes away the natives' humanity. As he refers to natives as barbarians throughout, he pushes forth the idea that they are violent and must be "civilized" by the Spanish. Sepulveda also believes that due to the way the natives' government is set up, they are naturally born to slavery, which further dehumanizes the natives by suggesting that they are born only for slavery. Through dehumanizing the natives by slandering their culture and government, Sepulveda creates justifications for the Spanish to colonize them and "civilize" them.

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Sepulvenda considers the indigenous people of the Americas as inferior to the Spanish. He states how the Spanish have the absolute power and right to rule the natives as the Spanish are superior to them. Sepulvenda tends to use words to dehumanize the natives of the Amercias and justifies the atrocities that the Spanish commit towards them.

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De Las Casas contests Sepulvedas ideas of barbarism in the natives by arguing the violent way the Spaniards would push their ideologies and beliefs onto the natives was nonsensical and unnecessary. De Las Casas also uses the Spaniards ideas of religion against them by arguing the natives should be accepted into their religion because they are also human beings, capable of learning as well as teaching just like the Spaniards. De Las Casas main argument, though, is that the natives are just as capable as Spaniards and Europeans in general, that their behaviors are more in common than they might think.

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Sepulveda claims that the Spanish have every right to conquer the Native Indians of the New World. Sepulveda claims that there is no trace of humanity within the Native Indians as they have no laws, are not literate, and no learning at all. Furthermore, Sepulveda calls out the Native Indians for their practices of human sacrifice as having no virtue whatsoever. Sepulveda legitimizes the right to conquer the Americas by displaying how uncivilized the Native Indians are in order to take their land to "civilize" the native people with the Spanish styles of governance.

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Sepulveda believes that it is fair to conquer the Indigenous Americans. He claims that they are less civilized and barbaric as they do not have any written laws, personal property, or civic freedom. Sepulveda purposefully dehumanizes the indigenous peoples in order to make the point that the Americas need Spain to return civilization to the land.

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Bartolome de Las Casas opposed the beliefs of barbarism upon the natives created by the Europeans. He defends the natives through his missionary visions, upholding his views that they are meant to be protected under the religion of Christianity. He also seems to make a clear statement about his desire to spread the faiths of Christianity upon the natives, using his religious motives as a way to protect the natives from belittlement. Religious views held by missionaries such as Las Casas had led to the formation of many missions and churches in the colonies of the Americas, converting many of the indigenous populations to Christianity, as well as washing away much of the previous cultures and beliefs of the natives as well, or otherwise forming syncretic religions such as the worship towards Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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Juan Gines Supulveda had a generally poor reception of the natives, having the belief that they are barbaric and inferior compared to the Spanish. He criticizes the natives through some of his perceptions of the natives having a monstrous desire for violence, as well as a lack of an central organized government. The perceptions of Supulveda were conveyed throughout the Americas as they were being colonized, leading to the Europeans enforcing the natives to perform labor for them as a form of profit, such as on sugar plantations. Supulveda also might have likely dehumanized the natives in order to justify actions against them, such as genocide or the labor systems as mentioned.

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Las Casas speaks of natives as humans and treats them with respect like an ordinary individual. He speaks that they have their own societies with intelligence and their lifestyles include different laws and customs, but that doesn't mean natives are stupid or barbarians. He believes that acting out with violence on natives is no way to act as Christians, also proving how he wants to spread Christianity over to them. He thinks that the ways the Spanish react to the natives is unacceptable, criticizing them and stands by his point that natives are humans as well and have their own personalities and lifestyles that are simply just different.

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Sepulveda commentates on the Indians and their culture in a severely negative light. He refers to the Indians as barbarians, slandering them to support his opinions and showing Indians as less than human. He also talks about how great the Spaniards are with their achievements and ideas, drilling the Indians' reputation down even further. This sentiment was most likely shared with a lot of Europeans to justify the pillaging of America and the so-called "spread" of their religion.

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Sepulveda's view about natives is that they are vile and barbarians compared similarly to monkeys and bears rather than humans. He speaks of Spaniards as if they are gods and views them to be far superior as they have a far more developed society with a hierarchy and cities, comparing the two difference lifestyles. Sepulveda spares no mercy into insulting them to be lower than humans and nowhere near equal as one, with also no laws or developments in their societies.

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According to Sepulveda, the barbaric native Americans are in dire need of civilization (through the form of colonization). The indigenous population do not have written laws, follow a different (false) God, and are constantly at odds and warring with one another. This is evidence that their society is not structured, organized, or properly managed as Spanish kingdoms. In Social Darwinist fashion, if the aboriginal population is to survive, it must be introduced to the governance and Catholic faith of Spain.

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De Las Casas argues that the Native Americans need the Catholic faith to quell their sins and continue their society rather than the governance of Spain as they are highly intelligent individuals, equal to those of Europeans. Prior to the Spanish arrival in the New World, indigenous people lived in populous, advanced cities with their own system of government, customs, and faith. Their creation of these cities and societies further contextualizes their reception of Catholicism. According to De Las Casas, all the indigenous folks need is the extra push from Catholicism to excel as a civilization because they already had their own established empires prior to Spanish interaction.

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Sepulvenda regards indiginous people as non-human. He raises Spaniards on a petastol and calls the natives barbarians and savages. He uses words like uncivil to further dehumanize them. He might have acted this way to justify being a genocidal maniac and plundering the Americas

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Bartolome de Las Casas was a man who regarded the Indians as equal. He instantly destroys Sepulvenda, who's entire argument was nothing but insults, by showing that Indians have society. He goes on to critize methods of colonization and detestable actions perpetrated by the Spanish. Bartolome's arguements might stem from his religous belif's as he believes violence is not an acceptable way for a Christian to act. This is further displayed by his disire to spread Christianity to the Indians.