Egalitarianism

offensive or hurtful to others, just want to enjoy the benefits of a liberal society without accepting the necessary costs of having one. Rauch describes “Egalitarianism” as appeals to the ideal of fairness and “Humanitarianism” as a “challenge from compassion.” On pages 158 and 159, Rauch encourages people to “stand firm” on the principles of Egalitarianism” and “Humanitarianism”, which are…

“The theory of Justice” has become one of the most notable works by the American philosopher John Rawls. The popularity of Rawls works in western political philosophy is enormous. It was even said that either everyone read the “Theory of Justice” or they pretended that they have read it. Rawls book was created in 1971. It gained immediate recognition and fame. It can even be said that his book became the philosophy of justice. Most importantly is that Rawls managed to combine and interpret the…

Wealthier students should not pay higher tuition so the revenue should be used to offer more scholarships to poorer students because as stated in chapter 4 of the textbook, the notion of commodity egalitarianism, which suggests that fairness, requires that certain goods be available to everyone” (Rosen & Gayer, 2014). Wealthier students should not be penalized for being in that situation, especially, since the same education will be provided for everyone whether you rich or poor if you go to…

Can moral agents do what stands in their own self-interest and still perform with a voluntary spirit? Lori A. Brainard and Patricia D. Siplon, in their work, Toward Nonprofit Organization Reform in The Voluntary Spirit quoted Richard Bush, as he cautioned, “that one of the biggest challenges facing organizations in the sector was how to retain their “nonprofit spirit in a for profit world.” Accordingly, in your discussion board submission, you separated “a different value and mode of using…

fighting for women’s right, either religious, political or economic rights. Since the awakening of million Islamic followers there has been fights of various kinds for women’s right until now. Muslim Ulama’s need to take authority to spread the egalitarianism…

lines are redrawn thus shrinking. Schmidtz is puzzled as to “how friendly will this town be?” (257) Being that xenophobia is “a variable we want to minimize if we can” — 258— , he acknowledges this as an argument that counts against equal shares egalitarianism. The equal shares egalitarian’s rebuttal would be along the lines of, including more within the enterprise would indeed shrink plots of first comers, but in doing so more people could lead us to economic progress a decent response in…

28). There was no question of moving up the social ladder as people believed that God had directly given them their place in society. In the middle seventeenth century, however, beliefs shifted away from this religious class system and towards egalitarianism, or the belief that the individual had natural rights that couldn’t be overruled. People began to see themselves as deserving of a better life (Botton 31). Botton asserts that this led to status anxiety because even the poor felt that they…

Athens and Sparta were bitter enemies. Despite sharing the Greek peninsula, the same gods and goddesses and even fighting together in the Persian war they had little else in common. As powerful city-states they developed very different societies, thought they were only about 150 miles apart. Athens became a center for philosophy whereas as Sparta was more war-like in nature. Overall, Athens had a more democratic government, a trade based economy, and a more open society than Sparta which focused…

Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, in an interview, described the acclaimed novel as a “simple love story.” Initially, I had strongly disagreed with this statement, because I presumed Harper Lee was referring to a romantic love. However, I shortly realized that Harper Lee was referring to a different type of love. What Harper Lee refers to is not the traditional romantic love typically associated with novels, but more of a selfless, benevolent love. This unconditional,…

The end of the Second World War was only the beginning of rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. During this time, known as the Cold War, the United States developed an “us versus them” mentality framework which marked the Soviet Union its official antithetical rival. America’s emphasis on portraying democracy, sharply contrasted against the Soviet Union’s communist image. By presenting democracy as a virtue of American-ness, communism became a representation of the…