[Mind's Eye] Re: Gender Equality

I believe that we as a society have to recognize that as society
evolves, sometimes there are portions of society which do not follow
as quickly, for whatever reason. For example, while I do not believe
in the concept of institutionalized racism, I do recognize that a
system of slavery and law enforced racism in this country has created
a socioeconomic effect of repression in primarily black communities,
and believe that we have a social responsibility to focus education
and opportunity in those areas to bring them up to speed. Nothing
reduces crime like legitimate hope. Inversely, hopeless and desparate
people are far more likely to make poor decisions with both crime and
drug abuse. Many people in that demographic (poor blacks) do not
believe there is any real opportunity, and thus real hope. Community
based programs to encourage education and civic pride, along with job
placement and medical care, would help to change the social outlook of
a sub-section of society. This is the social responsibility of which I
speak.

I'm a special brand of libertarian, like I said. I believe there
should be that balance.

On 3/13/07, kev <kevirwin@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> DCJ:
>
> Well yes, That's all well and good, but enough of this levity!!!
>
> I posted this after one of yours above; I'm curious as to your
> position (maybe you missed it, or maybe you don't care. Who's to
> say??? ....... oh yea, YOU....
>
> somewhere up above, this fragment of the thread exists:
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> On Mar 11, 6:45 pm, DubiousChrisJ <digitalprecip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> {partially}
> <quote>
> I believe there are two realms of responsibility: personal, and
> social.
>
>
> Individually, we are responsible for our own choices, decisions, and
> consequences.
>
>
> Socially, we have a responsibility to try to rectify failures in our
> social system which cause inequities, because those inequities make
> it
> more likely that individuals will make poor choices, which further
> denigrate society.
> <end quote>
>
>
>
> >From what little you know of me, you might already guess I am 100% in
> agreement with sentence number 2. Your final paragraph is similar in
> nature to that Aristotle's ethics book Craig is posting, as it
> addresses social responsibility. Here is where we diverge, ever so
> slightly (practically speaking, that is; philosophically speaking,
> it's a cavernous divergence). I find, so far, no compelling reasons
> to
> be **responsible** to help fix the reprehensible conditions on this
> miserable sphere unless the desire manifests itself out of my own
> free
> will (Condescendingly, "Let me help the downtrodden today."). This
> would probably be another thread topic. Maybe Aristotle can convince
> me to be more "pro-active"?!?!?!
>
> Hope you're not put off by my somewhat facetious literary style (In
> this forum, I promise not to become heavily sardonic)...Here's an
> example, I already lost interest in "man's" inhumanity to "woman"; I
> already know people suck, I saw the Rodney King tapes {"Why can't we
> jus' all git along???"}, but social responsibility is good topic.
>
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>
> Obviously, I believe we're close on individual accountability and
> responsibility; it's the social part...
>
> How does this tie in with the topic {someone askeded??}?? The girl &
> the cops were each responsible for their own actions (yea, it's a
> stretch, but I'm really curious about this assumed social obligation
> thing....)
>
> if you're interested,
>
> K e v
>
>
> >
>

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