...children were allowed by the officers in charge into the lifeboats. Another was the discrimination against Third Class passengers. The boats suffice... ...ey distinctions were formally abolished three decades ago in the enlightened West. Discrimination between human beings in now allowed only on the b... ...rit (=on the basis of one's natural endowments). Why should we think one basis for discrimination preferable to another? Can we eliminate discrimin... ...ible, would it have been desirable? The answers, in my view, are that no basis of discrimination can hold the moral high ground. They are all mora... ...der the same circumstances and conditions. It is impossible to equate the unequal. Discrimination is not imposed by humans on an otherwise egalita... ...an world. It is introduced by the world into human society. And the elimination of discrimination would constitute a grave error. The inequalities ... ...evelopment. Hopes, desires, aspirations and inspiration are all the derivatives of discrimination or of the wish to be favoured, or preferred over ... ...iable witness as to his mental disposition. It is, therefore, a valid criterion for discrimination. The other argument in favour of favouring the f...