There’s also the fact that, as a society and subject to certain exceptions, we’ve decided that employers shouldn’t be using an employee’s religious beliefs or lack thereof as an assessment factor in hiring. I think that’s a good rule from a rule-utilitarian framework. And we can’t allow people to utilize their assumptions about theists, non-theists, or particular theists in hiring without the rule breaking down.
The exceptions generally revolve around personal/family autonomy or expressive association, which don’t seem to be in play in the situation you describe.
There’s also the fact that, as a society and subject to certain exceptions, we’ve decided that employers shouldn’t be using an employee’s religious beliefs or lack thereof as an assessment factor in hiring. I think that’s a good rule from a rule-utilitarian framework. And we can’t allow people to utilize their assumptions about theists, non-theists, or particular theists in hiring without the rule breaking down.
The exceptions generally revolve around personal/family autonomy or expressive association, which don’t seem to be in play in the situation you describe.