I feel genuinely conflicted about these topics. Part of me says “I agree with the letter authors completely. People should experience equal opportunity, equal Justice, and equal responsibility.” Another part of me says “that’s literally impossible (or incompatible) with different families raising their children with different circumstances.”
Overall, I lean pretty strongly towards individual families raising their children as best they can with all the benefits and drawbacks that come from that system. But I think it’s fantasy to believe that that results in even approximately equal opportunities.
My kids will get way more comp.sci and math from me and more biology from my wife than average. Other kids will get more music, art, writing, foreign language, sports or other exposure from their family. If it turns out that one of those is more valuable, well the different kids didn’t have equal opportunities. Other kids worried about nutrition, whether one parent would beat the other, or grow up with a parent in jail. Clearly not equal opportunity.
Overall, I lean pretty strongly towards individual families raising their children as best they can with all the benefits and drawbacks that come from that system. But I think it’s fantasy to believe that that results in even approximately equal opportunities.
My kids will get way more comp.sci and math from me and more biology from my wife than average. Other kids will get more music, art, writing, foreign language, sports or other exposure from their family. If it turns out that one of those is more valuable, well the different kids didn’t have equal opportunities. Other kids worried about nutrition, whether one parent would beat the other, or grow up with a parent in jail. Clearly not equal opportunity.