You act as if there is a practical alternative to treating individuals as individuals, or that doing so is a "concession." One doesn't treat their wife based on her group membership after all. One might start from a broad group membership approach when they know very little about a person, but as they learn more they focus on the reality…
You act as if there is a practical alternative to treating individuals as individuals, or that doing so is a "concession." One doesn't treat their wife based on her group membership after all. One might start from a broad group membership approach when they know very little about a person, but as they learn more they focus on the reality of the individual. To do otherwise is madness, and would result in e.g. treating your wife as though she were the average for her race and sex, and not a particular person. Or her refusing to share a room with you because she should treat you as she would the average man. Presuming she hasn't slept with the average man, that is.
Of course all of that is beside the point I was making in my post you responded to, but what can you do.
You act as if there is a practical alternative to treating individuals as individuals, or that doing so is a "concession." One doesn't treat their wife based on her group membership after all. One might start from a broad group membership approach when they know very little about a person, but as they learn more they focus on the reality of the individual. To do otherwise is madness, and would result in e.g. treating your wife as though she were the average for her race and sex, and not a particular person. Or her refusing to share a room with you because she should treat you as she would the average man. Presuming she hasn't slept with the average man, that is.
Of course all of that is beside the point I was making in my post you responded to, but what can you do.