unchosen

For instance, the smallpox example was used only to illustrate the point that even unchosen characteristics will sometimes call for differential treatment (this point being relevant to the debate over homosexuality, in particular your suggestion that it is “fundamentally unjust to penalize or discriminate against anybody on the basis of something that person has no choice over”).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

In turn, whether one is disciplined or not is itself not entirely a matter of choice, but also a matter of upbringing and unchosen experiences and even personal epiphany.

Reduction to Banality, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

It was perfectly obvious that ShelbyC was posing counterexamples to what you said about unchosen conditions.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

What you said about unchosen conditions looks pretty categorical.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

On the contrary, the examples are used to illustrate a general point about unchosen conditions: that even unchosen conditions can justify differential treatment.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

And this general point is relevant to the homosexuality debate because it is often said or presupposed that unchosen conditions could never justify differential treatment.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

Thus there was nothing unreasonable about taking what you said about unchosen conditions as a categorical statement.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

The dispute is over the significance of the fact that homosexuality is unchosen.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

For instance, the smallpox example was used only to illustrate the point that even unchosen characteristics will sometimes call for differential treatment (this point being relevant to the debate over homosexuality, in particular your suggestion that it is “fundamentally unjust to penalize or discriminate against anybody on the basis of something that person has no choice over”).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010

And this general point is relevant to the homosexuality debate because it is often said or presupposed that unchosen conditions could never justify differential treatment.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010