Assertion: discrimination | /r/HasProperty | wrong
Facets:
value: morally
type: DEGREE
value: by definition
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: She writes in an article about the proposed repeal of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act: "Discrimination of any sort is just plain wrong.
text: And most philosophical, political, and legal discussions of discrimination proceed on the premise that discrimination is morally wrong and, in a wide range of cases, ought to be legally prohibited.
text: Is it a conceptual truth that discrimination is wrong, or is it a substantive moral judgment?
text: But it does not follow from this point that discrimination is, by definition, morally wrong.
text: Discrimination is wrong
text: Addressing this argument requires a closer examination of why discrimination is wrong, the topic of section 4.
text: And a thorough examination must take up the question of why discrimination is wrong.
text: This approach holds that discrimination is wrong because it violates a rule that would be part of the social morality that maximizes overall moral value.
text: A seventh view, developed by Hellman, holds that “discrimination is wrong because it is demeaning” (2018: 99).
text: Americans overwhelmingly agree that discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex is wrong.
text: Such discrimination by government is wrong: Jobs should go to the most qualified, contracts should be awarded to the lowest bidder, and the students who are most able and willing to excel academically should be admitted to taxpayer-funded universities.
text: Because of these programs, the use of racial and ethnic preferences persists despite the fact that the vast majority of Americans agree that discrimination is wrong and that people should “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
text: Such discrimination by government is wrong: Jobs should go to the most qualified individuals, contracts should be awarded to the lowest qualified bidders, and the students who are most likely to excel academically should be admitted to taxpayer-funded universities.