Provided, as I said, there’s reason to believe it’s members aren’t given real choice to participate or not. The army is illiberal but I’m not critical of those who sign up voluntarily. I am of those who sign up because they lack other options etc. /2
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Does this mean you are anti sex work?
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Good q. I’m not anti any particular job, certainly some women choose to do and enjoy sex work. I’m anti conditions that cause a human to have no options but that job. It may be necessary, but I think it’s a social problem. Liberalism requires the conditions to make choices, no?
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To a certain extent. People certainly have to be able to choose from the options that are there. I'm not sure liberalism requires us to make other options ppl will enjoy & there will always be unpleasant jobs that need doing.
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I’m not sure either. I don’t think it’s solvable, and disparity in options will always be reality. But we can recognize an oppressive form of lack of options (poverty etc.) that undermines liberalism and rectify it with a social safety net. Equality of opportunity is the aim, no?
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Well, yes, this is a different matter.
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Seems related to the sex work question, but maybe I misunderstood where you were going with that.
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It has gone way off hijabs, hasn't it? Sex work and hijabs are often raised together or separately as things that should be banned to ensure that no-one is coerced into them.
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Tolerate was the wrong word, perhaps “support” or “acquiesce to”. Yes I wouldn’t suggest the quoted remedy. But I think it’s difficult to make coercion illegal in practice. A liberal should be critical of illiberal philosophies without making them illegal. /1
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