I endorse "treating people decently", in both directions: the wronged customer and the owner who refuses to "freely associate" with his client. But I fear the slipery slope: if we say we have a moral **obligation** to treat others decently (whatever decently means), then pretty soon we will be told that we ought to pay our "fair share" so that nobody is cake-less and everyone has a guaranteed Basic Income to get a goddamn wedding cake.
Then there is Bastiat. If we punish the homophobic baker, how many cakes we could buy in other bakeries with all the money spent on lawyers to force that person to conform to society's whims? (Yes, it is a whim to force a baker to bake a cake for anyone even if he is the only baker in town).
Would it be so bad to have a homophobic baker who sees his business grow because other homophobes like his ethical opinions, while at the same time having a liberal baker gets also more business because the anti-homophobic crowd wants to put the homophobic baker out of business? Make cake, not war.
Libertarian position should be clear to all: let us get together to make a paleocake, a high-fat-low-carb gay cake for every couple who wants to obtain a State license to get access to State privileges. Let's be generous for once.
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ReplyDeleteI endorse "treating people decently", in both directions: the wronged customer and the owner who refuses to "freely associate" with his client. But I fear the slipery slope: if we say we have a moral **obligation** to treat others decently (whatever decently means), then pretty soon we will be told that we ought to pay our "fair share" so that nobody is cake-less and everyone has a guaranteed Basic Income to get a goddamn wedding cake.
Then there is Bastiat. If we punish the homophobic baker, how many cakes we could buy in other bakeries with all the money spent on lawyers to force that person to conform to society's whims? (Yes, it is a whim to force a baker to bake a cake for anyone even if he is the only baker in town).
Would it be so bad to have a homophobic baker who sees his business grow because other homophobes like his ethical opinions, while at the same time having a liberal baker gets also more business because the anti-homophobic crowd wants to put the homophobic baker out of business? Make cake, not war.
Libertarian position should be clear to all: let us get together to make a paleocake, a high-fat-low-carb gay cake for every couple who wants to obtain a State license to get access to State privileges. Let's be generous for once.