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I'm not sure I'm okay with the measuring by outcome. So I like #s 1 and 2, but not so sure about #3. By rewarding a couple for having children, you are also p
by ep103 8y ago
I'm not sure I'm okay with the measuring by outcome. So I like #s 1 and 2, but not so sure about #3.
By rewarding a couple for having children, you are also punishing couples who choose not to have children and focus on their career. A couple shouldn't be punished because they choose to have a child, having children is human and our system should support that. But if a couple chooses to have children, they shouldn't expect to be rewarded with benefits that bring them back up to the level of a person who forwent that experience to focus on continuing to work.
If you're worried that by only offering the opportunity to benefits, that men will disproportionately turn them down while women will need to take them (because giving birth physically harms the body), then 1) that just means the benefits involved should be made to be more appealing to men as well, and 2) I'm not completely convinced that's a bad thing
Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome.
- tomp 8y ago> you are also punishing couples who choose not to have children and focus on their career If the society values children, that's what it should do. In particular, it should find ways to specifically reward/incentivise particularly the smart, productive, capable people who the society most wants to procreate (assuming those traits are somewhat heritable, by genes, culture or both), and who are most likely to focus on their career otherwise (because the expected opportunity cost of not focusing on career is the biggest for them). You get what you incentivise. I think I agree with the second part of your comment (men/women), although I'm not sure I exactly get what you're trying to say - looks like you're addressing my point (1), not (3).