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> We as a society should be ready and willing to forcibly separate children from borderline parents. Who gets to decide if someone is "borderline"? How do we k
by brianberns 10y ago
> We as a society should be ready and willing to forcibly separate children from borderline parents.
Who gets to decide if someone is "borderline"? How do we know that the people making this decision are not borderline themselves?
Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to impose morality on others that is not vulnerable to the same problems that it's trying to fix.
- tbihl 10y agoTo say nothing of what it does for public faith in any officials administering such policy. It's not hard to imagine a large group becoming entirely untrusting of, for example, the police by such a brash pursuit of family-breaking.
- mikeash 10y agoWe don't seem to have a problem imposing the morality of "don't kill people" and "don't steal stuff." Is this fundamentally different?
- vacri 10y agoHave a look at how Australian Aborigines feel about their separation from parents because of contemporary morals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations
- mikeash 10y agoA tragedy, but not an answer to my question. Is there a fundamental difference between this and putting people away for murder, or is it just a matter of making sure we get it right?
- brianberns 10y agoWe imprison murderers and thieves based on objective proof of their crimes. Separating children from their parents because of undesirable personality traits seems much more subjective.