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How does one measure social progress? Without an agreed upon definition of what is forward, how can we label something back?
by Lawtonfogle 11y ago
How does one measure social progress? Without an agreed upon definition of what is forward, how can we label something back?
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoI'll take a stab and say protected classes. You can't refuse service or employment to someone based on race, disability status, and so on, and the rare edge cases of people abusing this statute adds fuel to the "political correctness is ruining this country" fire. Without such protections, people would be cheaper to employ because the deck is further stacked against them. That is how we go back in time.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoSo is adding more protected classes progress in all cases, are are there certain criteria as to what counts as a protected class? And is this really progress (imagine how protected classes works in certain jobs related to the sex industry), you are basically overriding a persons ability to consent, and even if the action is only something physical, is it really progress for the government to force consent under threat? And maybe we could even break it down. Maybe protected classes for employment is great and maybe protect classes for service aren't. Or maybe protected classes for employment is actually regressive because it is endorsement of all the factors you can discriminate on. For example, orientation isn't a protect class (at least not federally), and thus in many places is legal to discriminate based on. Perhaps progress would be that employment discrimination is only allowed for factors actually relevant to the job, and adding protected classes is a regression from this.