tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post1326928781515469738..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Procreative DutiesRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-50524938942490742752008-04-05T16:19:00.000-04:002008-04-05T16:19:00.000-04:00Still, the question appears to be phrased as a rig...Still, the question appears to be phrased as a rights based question.<BR/><BR/>we seem to be suggesting they answered a slightly different question. That in itself is a problem because if in part of my process is to answer rights based questions as 'in a typical case' then its likely that I will have a prejudicial effect.<BR/><BR/>The next question is did those people really think "in a typical case x should be true" or did they visualize a stereotypical situation and give an answer - In the absence of being able to read their minds - I'm inclined to think for most people the latter is true.Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-47689265993006869182008-04-05T14:15:00.000-04:002008-04-05T14:15:00.000-04:00You misunderstand. I don't think the survey respon...You misunderstand. I don't think the survey respondents are really affirming a universal right for women, and denying the corresponding right for all men. Instead, I expect they're saying "<I>In a typical case</I> it's right for the wife (but perhaps not for the husband)" - because the typical case for the wife is different from the typical case for the husband. Once you fill in those details, gender makes no further difference. <BR/><BR/>The judgments presumably won't extend to atypical cases. E.g. if you filled in the details such that it was the husband who would be doing all the work of childcare, etc., (and somehow even bearing the pregnancy himself?), etc., then the "bias" would vanish. So sexism among survey respondents is not the explanation of their judgments (contra Caplan).Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-42796980180300732762008-04-04T22:26:00.000-04:002008-04-04T22:26:00.000-04:00It's still an anti male bias even if you can justi...It's still an anti male bias even if you can justify it on the grounds that you just did. <BR/><BR/>If the difference was a racial difference and the races differed in their average culture in the same ways that we highlight here would it remain reasonable for us to give one race the right to refuse to have a child and deny that right to another?<BR/><BR/>Maybe people should just say "this is a nonsense question without context". Unless they want the position I am tending towards which is <BR/>"everyone has the right to refuse" (aside from the moral arguments - I also like that because I think the earth is massively overpopulated).<BR/><BR/>Or you might argue - "yes it is an anti male bias but we should be biased against males - at least in this area"Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.com