But social justice, while it attempts to equalize outcomes, often violates the principle of equality under the law. Just because it tramples upon it in a way that you approve doesn't make it right.
You're saying that because biases and privileges exist it means that a wealthy executive should be legally obligated to pay for a poor janitor's cancer treatments? That makes no sense.
(Man, I forgot how much that fb exchange pissed me off. And how condescending it was at the end. Damn.)
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Do you know how far I had to scroll back in facebook to find this?
Date: 2010-10-02 09:37 pm (UTC)From:You're saying that because biases and privileges exist it means that a wealthy executive should be legally obligated to pay for a poor janitor's cancer treatments? That makes no sense.
(Man, I forgot how much that fb exchange pissed me off. And how condescending it was at the end. Damn.)
edited: to make it not a strict C&P from facebook