tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23061971.post5246044705976847448..comments2024-03-15T03:16:46.386-04:00Comments on Objectivist v. Constructivist v. Theist: Academia: Women, Babies, and AdvancementThe Constructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242149985581771922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23061971.post-91705180201754297452009-11-04T08:51:19.824-05:002009-11-04T08:51:19.824-05:00If eugenics effects are stong, then this should be...If eugenics effects are stong, then this should be given significant weight. The country does have an interest in encouraging high IQ women (relative to the population as a whole) to have children. These polices in effect subsidize such women's reproduction. As such, they likely have desirable eugenics-type effects. <br /><br />Note this assumes we don't have a libertarian state, which we should. But given the love of the semi-socialist state (in the U.S. government conumes more than 40% of GDP), these considerations are inoperative.The Objectivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416501145750028695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23061971.post-87195346266142149752009-11-04T08:47:48.798-05:002009-11-04T08:47:48.798-05:00One guide to efficiency is to look at what's d...One guide to efficiency is to look at what's done in the private sector. If we find that but for the Family & Medical Leave Act companies would not give paid maternity leave, this is good evidence that this type of policy is inefficient. <br /><br />Because the paid quasi-maternity leave that Berkeley grants (and Fredonia State is considering) is not justified by fairness or justice, the case for it then gets weaker.The Objectivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416501145750028695noreply@blogger.com