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That's a good and interesting point. I guess I have less moral problem with it if the item in question is a final product (such as work of art) than a tool, and
by asgard1024 11y ago
That's a good and interesting point. I guess I have less moral problem with it if the item in question is a final product (such as work of art) than a tool, and if the price difference is not large (say up to half of order of magnitude).
But I actually think student discounts are wrong for moral reasons, because they discriminate against non-students, but I do find discounts for young people and older people (in most cases) acceptable.
- Asbostos 11y agoOnce you start grouping people into big lumps like "student" and "old", it opens up a rat's nest of unfairness. What about disabled people who aren't old? What about old people who are very rich and healthy? Etc. I think we have to tolerate a bit of unfairness so that a large chunk of needy people can benefit, even if a few outliers miss our or are unfairly advantaged.