Equality Essay

Harry G. Frankfurt said it best in his book on inequality: “Exaggerating the moral importance of economic equality is harmful, in other words, because it is alienating…it leads him to focus his attention upon desires and needs that are not most authentically his own”…

In John Rawls’ “Theory of Justice”, he speaks of the idea of an original position of equality. In many ways, this position is similar to a nationally mandated level playing field because it treats all students as equal. This also relates back to Peter Singer as he discusses morality. He states “if it is in our power to prevent something bad…

Part 1: In a minimum of 550 words, discuss how the HUMA 2319 course has altered your consciousness about the conflicts and contradictions of our culture. This semester was very interesting and different in my opinion. First of all, this course was my last class with honors and I think it was very interesting class, we had so much interesting topics to discuss with. This class was different compare other honor’s classes. For example, in this class we are not only studied hard, but also had…

One of the most predominant advantages to education is its promotion of equal opportunity. Bloom confirms this atmosphere when he writes, “[Great thinkers] had authority not based on power, money, or family, but on natural gifts that properly compel respect”(Bloom 6). Privilege based on wealth holds no power behind the walls of a university, but Michaels proposes that inequality lies at the gates of universities. “What’s keeping [the poor] out of elite universities is not their inability to pay…

often been portrayed and seen as homemakers and in charge of domestic duties. This supports Tocqueville’s observation of “cleanly separated lines of action” and “different paths,” but it does not address the notion of “equal pace” and overall gender equality. Throughout history, starting from the time when Tocqueville visited through today’s modern America, duties and expectations stayed fairly separate. Inequality among men and women was seen most through matters such as voting, education and…

If men are equal, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau claims in the preface to his discourse on inequality (40), why do some men live in large lavish houses, while others struggle on the street, unsure of their next meal? The distance between the rich and the poor has been increasing steadily over the last decade, but in reality it has been expanding ever since man separated from Rousseau’s original state of nature. The state of nature is different than that which is natural, and within Rousseau’s state of…

helping to promote it. It is important to remember men are just as important in this movement as women, but they are not the focus. This discussion mostly focused on the concept of inequality. Altogether, our play was one that promoted the idea of equality among…

which women couldn’t do until World War II when employers were losing male workers to the war. Women were treated as if they were the minority. Feminism is reaching the common goal of political, social, cultural and economic equality for women. A feminist wants to reach that equality and address situations that exploit the inequality. An example of an unequal situation…

video “I luh ya Papi” by J. Lopez is likely to successfully reach a feminist audience because Jennifer Lopez reverses the objection between the two gender which is usually done by men toward women, displays the power of women getting along, shows equality between both gender male and female. Jennifer Lopez’s music video “I luh ya Papi” begins with Jennifer Lopez and two of her female friends discussing with her male executive about ideas for her new video” I luh ya Papi”. The executive…

Feminist writers thorough history have struggled to have a voice. Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Virginia Woolf both agree that women have experienced a lack of opportunity and representation. These pioneers of equal rights share their grievances in the way women were treated. Two issues that they share concern of are a woman’s right to education and the control their husbands have over their personal decisions. Stanton was a voice for women during a time in which they did not have the same…