The position I stated in my post above I do hold and do endorse as a good philosophy for life. However, the conclusions you have drawn do not follow logically from what I stated. All I said was that one should not discriminate based on innate attributes. I said nothing about other forms of discrimination. You have made the assumption that the inverse of my statement is true: that because I denounce discrimination based on attributes outside of people&#x27;s control that I must support discrimination based on attributes within their control. This is not a logical conclusion of my statement and is not true.<p>Generally speaking, I reject discrimination against people based on any attributes, within or without their control, except those attributes which directly pertain to the subject in question. So, for example, in a job situation, ideally, the only attributes we should be using to discriminate between candidates are their experience, knowledge, and ability to fulfill the duties of the position. If the job requires lifting heavy weights, discriminating upon your ability to lift heavy weights is fine. Discriminating based on sex (maybe justified because statistically most women are not strong enough to perform the duties) is not fine, because it is an indirect attribute. If <i>this</i> women meets the requirements it is irrelevant what <i>other</i> women can or cannot do.<p>In this case with Uber and Lyft the city&#x2F;state has the right (one could argue duty) to take steps to ensure the trustworthiness&#x2F;safety of drivers operating commercial transportation services within its jurisdiction. Race does not say anything about the trustworthiness or criminal nature of a specific person. Even if, hypothetically, you assume that statistically one race is more prone to violence than another that does not speak directly about <i>this</i> candidate. It is an indirect measure like the example of sex above. An accurate background check, however, can shed light on facts in a person&#x27;s past that are directly relevant to that question.