Aaron, I'll need some time to think about how I would want to revise #3, if it's worth pursuing. I think what I said might hold true at least for institutions in which one's participation is less than absolutely voluntary. In the meantime, I changed "most" to "many," which I think I can stand by.

I think your assessment of my main idea is largely accurate; it's an approach for someone who's concerned above all else with avoiding committing injustices of his own. "First do no evil" is the idea I have in mind.

I wouldn't so readily equate being a critic with staying on the sidelines, though. In our society, the tendency is to frown on people who criticize the way things are without offering solutions of their own. But I don't think that's fair; simply complaining about injustice can serve some useful purposes. It lets others feeling the same way know that they're not alone, and can show the injustice to others who hadn't thought about it before.

-- MichaelHolloway - 14 Feb 2009