Even if I only cared about economics, their beliefs affect how well I can do my job. I doubt I could sit across from an antivaxxer and get anything useful done. How picky one can be is determined by the number and quality of candidates.
My quality of life is also affected by the people I interact with daily. To use a silly example: I hate brussel sprouts. If someone said, "Oh I love brussel sprouts! I cook them every day at lunch!" that would affect how much time I'd want to spend around that person.
I doubt I could sit across from an antivaxxer and get anything useful done.
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Well how in the world will I get any work done with a woman in the office? Clearly my misogyny makes it ok for me to discriminate against women. ;)
Let's say you are interviewing a candidate for a job. In casual conversation, the candidate mentions that he is a member of a rather old and prestigious country club. You've never heard the name of the club before.
You look up the country club afterwards, and are surprised by what you read. The club refuses membership to homosexuals. It revokes the membership of couples who use birth control. Leadership positions are reserved to unmarried males.
The candidate is otherwise competent. Under what conditions would you hire him? Would you want a law passed banning hiring discrimination based on country club membership?
(The country club is analogous to a nicer version of the Catholic church. I left out a couple bad things.)
Religious discrimination is illegal in many parts of the world, and I think that's probably a good thing. Still, keeping this at the object level (no meta-rules or veils of ignorance) it seems to me that discriminating against religious people is fine. I'm curious what other people think.