That's a great poetic concept, but in the real world of course we are not created equal, and humans differ greatly in their proclivities and abilities. There is a place for poetic framings, but we need to be anchored in truth if we want positive results from our policies.
That's a great poetic concept, but in the real world of course we are not created equal, and humans differ greatly in their proclivities and abilities. There is a place for poetic framings, but we need to be anchored in truth if we want positive results from our policies.
I'm not disagreeing with your conclusion though, just suggesting a framing I find more clear. I think it would be more apt to assert that "Eliminating legacy admissions moves us closer to a world of equal opportunity without an undue degree of unintended side effects". And I would agree with that. And I agree about treating people as individuals.
In a world which is relatively more equal opportunities, individuals born with different abilities and proclivities will still have different outcomes based on those same differences, rather than having the same outcomes. Siblings raised in the same family under stable conditions still have widely disparate outcomes in many cases - which would not happen if they were really born equal.
We should treat all people as if they have the same status regardless of their proclivities and abilities. The core issue in all of this is status and it needs to be eliminated or suppressed.
> "All people are created equal"
That's a great poetic concept, but in the real world of course we are not created equal, and humans differ greatly in their proclivities and abilities. There is a place for poetic framings, but we need to be anchored in truth if we want positive results from our policies.
I'm not disagreeing with your conclusion though, just suggesting a framing I find more clear. I think it would be more apt to assert that "Eliminating legacy admissions moves us closer to a world of equal opportunity without an undue degree of unintended side effects". And I would agree with that. And I agree about treating people as individuals.
In a world which is relatively more equal opportunities, individuals born with different abilities and proclivities will still have different outcomes based on those same differences, rather than having the same outcomes. Siblings raised in the same family under stable conditions still have widely disparate outcomes in many cases - which would not happen if they were really born equal.
We should treat all people as if they have the same status regardless of their proclivities and abilities. The core issue in all of this is status and it needs to be eliminated or suppressed.
Legacy admissions have become increasingly offensive as rich kids have turned into such lumpen brats