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Amia Srinivasan: evaluation

22 Sept 2021 Conversations with Tyler Amia Srinivasan on Utopian Feminism

“I think, for example, that it’s okay that nightclubs shouldn’t allow kids under 18 if you’re in this country, or under 21.”

— Amia Srinivasan

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Amia Srinivasan
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evaluation
Recorded
22 Sept 2021
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Conversations with Tyler

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…But you’re opposed to segregation more generally, right? Isn’t it odd not to have a view on that? No, I don’t think it’s odd to not have a view on something about which there has been a great deal of ink spilled. There are philosophers and theorists of games and sports in general, who spend a lot of time thinking about how we should organize competitions, gaming competitions in particular. I don’t know what it means to be opposed to segregation as such. I’m opposed to racial segregation. That is true. I’m not opposed to other forms of “segregation,” like age segregation. I think, for example, that it’s okay that nightclubs shouldn’t allow kids under 18 if you’re in this country, or under 21. I think there are interesting questions here. I don’t play chess, and I don’t follow competitive chess, so I don’t really have a view. What’s the role of self-ownership in your moral framework?…

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