Egalitarianism

The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. ‘A more positive view of dependence’, he argues, ‘would first of all challenge the commonplace opposition of dependence and inde- pendence’ (Sennett, 1998. p. 140), and it would recognize that people are necessarily interdependent. With reference to the work of psycholo- gist John Bowlby, he notes that even people who are apparently most soundly self-reliant know that they must trust, rely and depend on oth- ers when their own abilities or…

today are exhilarated when their child graduates from high school and gets accepted into college. Former reporter and critic, William A. Henry III, has a very different outlook on colleges. William A. Henry III argues that within the concept of egalitarianism, we as The United States of America, have lowered the standards and have accepted too many “mediocres” into college. From Henry’s knowledge not everyone is ready for college. William Henry believes that if we cut the amount of students that…

Lincoln electric company 's culture is based on openess and trust, shared control and egalitatmrianism. However the company also has subcultures which are people-oriented ,outcome oriented, role modeling, customer service, and reward systems.These culture as well as the influence (beliefs,views towards employees) of the founder J. Lincoln is what contributes to the company 's sucess. Production workers receive merit pay, they are paid according to how many units they produce instead of hourly…

When women began the temperance movement, they felt a voice spark within them. Once women realized they made a change, it changed their hopeless mindset and encouraged them to use that newfound voice for egalitarianism. Additionally, the temperance movement impacted the United States because alcoholism impacted families and households both physically and financially. When women perceived this as an issue, they sought to solve it. Women gained the power to change…

Ethics is a tricky subject. By the fact that different theories of ethics even exist suggests that there is not one simple answer to the question of what is right. Ethics can be used differently in different subjects and even within a particular subject, there are subcategories of ethics that often conflict with one another. In the comic book Watchmen, there are a lot of ethical questions that are being asked. One question in particular involves the characters of Ozymandias and Rorschach in the…

The events of the Hoplite reform and the strengthening claim for isonomia inevitably reshaped the social and political structure of the polis. The mindset developed in the interior of the phalanx and the ensuing political capital acquired by the middle class represented a threat to the aristocratic claim to power. Nonetheless, the transition to democracy was far from expedite and such form of government arose only after Kleisthenes’ reforms. Ironically, the aristocracy played a crucial and…

Ethics are crucial a component of health care and triage. According to Sztajnkrycer, ethics can be defined as “the discipline of virtue and righteous action, an attempt to define moral principles and thereby resolve moral dilemmas.” In essence, ethics attempts to discern between matters of right and wrong. In practice, ethics requires the exercise of morals and values. Ethical actions are choices made based on moral principles developed from habit and define one’s character. The field of…

Recently, attention has been given to plans for improving the public schools by allowing parents to choose where their children attend school through a school voucher system. The education voucher system exists when a government provides payment to families that allow their children to attend a private or public school of their choice. The payment is in the form of a voucher that can be given directly to the parents of the child, or indirectly to the school of choice. The purpose of the voucher…

A controversial question in any society is the discussion on how primary goods should be distributed. Some cultures try to distribute goods as equally as possible while others adhere to the more harsh practice of bigger dogs eat first. Distributive justice itself is the concept of how primary goods – such as income and rights – are distributed within a given society and also takes into consideration if the distribution is fair. John Rawls, a prominent political philosopher from the late 1900’s,…

The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and are endowed with unalienable Rights, including Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Reading further into this statement, one can see that the men Jefferson was writing about were caucasian males. Women and African-Americans were excluded from this definition of equality. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, by Martin Luther King Jr., show the…