The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School

Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by andrewljohnson on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:54PM (#3064304)

I'm not arguing preference here. All of your examples still apply. And I would simply say that right and wrong are poor constructs to let us formulate ideas about how we should live.

There's a good chance that atheists who choose to live only among atheists are going to suffer worse outcomes. Living in a diverse society leads to more perspective and better ideas, and an eventually better society.

Only living with other gay people or other Hacidic Jews or other white supremacists may feel comfortable, and it might lead to a functioning society. But is it ideal? Does it leave the people better off? Society at large?

I don't actually know the answer tho these questions, but I suspect you're better off meeting all sorts of people, living in all sorts of places, and absorbing all sorts of ideas.

I don't really believe in right and wrong.

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Re:The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School by burgerbrain on Sunday October 02, 2011 @07:02PM (#3064324)

I fully agree that these sorts of segregation are ultimately bad things. I merely disagree that we should label them "wrong", since I think that doing so expects too much of the individuals. Society will certainly become better off if Athiests spend more time with theists, however I cannot in good conscious really fault them (say that it is 'wrong') for their decision.

I think we pretty much agree in other words ;)

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