Am I wrong for not wanting to watch movies/shows with trans actors?

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[–]SkinnyVanilla 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't think you have a moral obligation to interact with anyone, and that it's fine to avoid whoever you want for any reason.

[–]mvmlego 2 insightful - 5 fun2 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

If I understand your comment correctly, then your principle implies that there's nothing morally wrong with, for example, an owner of a small restaurant refusing to serve an Asian person on account of their race. Is that correct, or is your principle only meant to apply customers' obligations, or am I misinterpreting your comment in some other way?

[–]SkinnyVanilla 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I mean people acting in their personal lives have no obligation to interact with anyone. If you are offering a service to the public, then yes in that case you have an obligation to offer that service without regard for your personal feelings.

[–]mvmlego 1 insightful - 5 fun1 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting. I view the choice of whether or not one buys/rents/views-in-cinema a movie as a business transaction like any other. Still, I can see the utility in only holding the expectation that people not discriminate in business transactions in cases where they're the ones providing the good or service, as opposed to consuming it.