Or, perhaps this social/economic sorting is merely an emergent behavior? I don't understand how it is arguing against free will to acknowledge, for example, that I when I buy a house in a particular neighborhood I may be contributing to a larger pattern of social segregation (or gentrification or - when my parents bought their first home - racial segregation via the unknown redlining of that neighborhood).
If this social sorting has larger negative effect on the country (which I don't know to be true, but is the author's argument) then it follows that these people are systemically responsible even if they aren't personally/morally/ethically responsible. I don't find that any more offensive than acknowledging that I am contributing to the pollution of my city when I drive a car - because I am and I do.
If this social sorting has larger negative effect on the country (which I don't know to be true, but is the author's argument) then it follows that these people are systemically responsible even if they aren't personally/morally/ethically responsible. I don't find that any more offensive than acknowledging that I am contributing to the pollution of my city when I drive a car - because I am and I do.