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First Chipotle, now Berkeley — egalitarianism wins again

2 Comments / Business Ethics / Stephen Hicks

Six years ago, I snarkily conjectured that the egailtarians would go after libraries on the grounds that most of their content was inaccessible to the deaf and blind. That was meant to be a reductio ad absurdum. But now the Department of Justice has gone after UC Berkeley’s online library for precisely that reason. The […]

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Chipotle Mexican Grill versus egalitarianism

9 Comments / Business Ethics, Ethics, Politics / Stephen Hicks

Egalitarianism wins. Chipotle restaurant lost an appeal opportunity when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Chipotle had been sued by a wheelchair-bound customer who complained that while other customers could see their food being prepared a four-foot high counter blocked his view from his wheelchair perspective. The plaintiff argued that his rights

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