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Relevancy is determined by your priorities and/or values. Which, unless I am misinterpreting the preceding sentence, means that essentially discrimination is n
by dtby 17y ago
Relevancy is determined by your priorities and/or values.
Which, unless I am misinterpreting the preceding sentence, means that essentially discrimination is never a problem. I think part of the problem is defining "a problem for whom."
- jellobyte 17y agoFortunately, society (theoretically) compels people to adopt certain values. Which, unless I am misinterpreting the preceding sentence, means that essentially discrimination is never a problem. What I meant is, there are some attributes that would be acceptable to consider in one context but not in another. For instance, if you were hiring a prison guard to strip-search male inmates, it would be reasonable to confine your search to men. You're discriminating based upon sex, which ordinarily is unacceptable, but in the context of this position, is relevant. If you were interviewing for another position, such as a prison administrator, limiting your search to men would be an arbitrary constraint that's irrelevant and puts an entire group of people at a disadvantage. Society tends to classify discrimination as bad if you use an arbitrary characteristic AND one that the individual has no control over.