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This idea is like telling the absolutist kings to try a bit of democracy for a while; it's contrary to all the social policies in the last 20 years and contrary

This idea is like telling the absolutist kings to try a bit of democracy for a while; it's contrary to all the social policies in the last 20 years and contrary to the central tenets of equity. It won't happen for the same reason orchestra auditions aren't blind anymore.

denton-scratch 4y ago
> contrary to the central tenets of equity. "Equity" is a concept in law: AIUI (IANAL) it mainly concerns trusts and contracts. The word is sometimes used as a synonym for "fairness", but I don't think something as vague as "fairness" has central tenets. And I don't think there's anything unfair about a UBI, any more than universal healthcare, or a universal police service.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  > Equity > Eq"ui*ty (?), n.; pl. equities (#). [F. équité, L. aequitas, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.] > 1. Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. > [....] > Syn. -- Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness; honesty; uprightness. See Justice. That's Webster's 1913, so it's not a new usage. And it's what was chosen for definition #1 (the others are, as you note, lawyer jargon).
- hnfong 4y ago
  > but I don't think something as vague as "fairness" has central tenets. FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims_of_equity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims_of_equity