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You are using the legal definition of discrimination, and I am using the economics definition of discrimination.
by conanbatt 7y ago
You are using the legal definition of discrimination, and I am using the economics definition of discrimination.
- chii 7y agoand the courts only care about the legal definition.
- karlakush 7y agoand this isn't a court.
- paulryanrogers 7y agoAnd Voters should care if their elected legislators permit injustices to remain technically legal
- conanbatt 7y agoThe courts only care about what they know
- dangus 7y ago“Officer, you’re just using the legal definition of speeding!”
- jlawson 7y agoYou seem to think the law is the be-all end-all definition of perfect moral reasoning. The law is not God's word. It's open to criticism, and we're criticizing it. If you want to participate in the discussion, great. But, "It's illegal because the law says you're not allowed to do it," is not a meaningful contribution.
- fzeroracer 7y agoThe discussion point was already made above, in that we make certain things illegal because even though it may make economic sense, it results in massive damage to things such as the environment, vulnerable populations and so forth. The poster chose to respond by saying it was a perfectly valid reason to discriminate, which goes against the law for the already stated reasons. There was no additional criticism offered here. No one has made the point that 'it's the law therefore it's good', and you're massively misrepresenting the arguments here.
- jacques_chester 7y agoAnd in fact, there are laws against pollution because it's an externality, it doesn't make economic sense to the whole of society. Markets are good at maximising the total good in the case where costs and benefits can be totally internalised. Where you have externalities you see either overprovisioning or underprovisioning and in net, everyone is worse off than the rational outcome. That's where intervention is better than a market by itself.
- conanbatt 7y agoA unique characteristic about those that base their values purely on the law is that it only takes changing the law to turn them to your side.