Equality Of Opportunity Analysis

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Register to read the introduction… In this piece, we will only briefly define those. Formal equality of opportunity is in some sense the narrow view taking into consideration the visible factors of inequality like race and gender. The substantive equal opportunity approach criticizes the formal definition by the fact that in most cases the situation preceding the competition is already unfair. If that is the case, then authority should take required steps to eliminate the ‘prejudice in the past’. (Arneson, 2002) Equality of fair opportunity, advocated by John Rawls, would go further and eliminate the social hierarchy from decision-making. (Arneson, …show more content…
The authors distinguish their idea from liberal egalitarianism by the fact that inequalities lie in the changeable social structures and that inequalities within a community are not inevitable. The idea focuses on the notion that the aim is not to concentrate on how resources are distributed but how people are related. Equality of condition is neither about equal opportunity or equal outcome but sees them both relevant for social cohesion. Furthermore, the philosophy emphasizes the fact that people should not only compete for the advantage resulting with winners and losers but that everyone should be eligible for a wide range of choices. (Baker et al., 2004)
So far we have mainly held our focus on wealth and income but Baker et al., (2004) developed a framework for equality in five categories: respect and recognition, resource, love and solidarity, power, working and learning. By expanding the dimensions in which we look at equality the authors strengthen their case since the available options, that they have argued, are wider. Another benefit of equal condition is that it takes into account both individuals and identity groups whereas the outcome-opportunity debate discusses narrow options for

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