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Oct 30, 2018 · In The Equalizer: How Education Creates Fairness for Children in Canada, the Canadian Companion to the global report, UNICEF digs deeper into what contributes to inequalities and how Canada could do better.
- The Intrinsic Or Constitutive Value of Social Equality
- The Harmful Effects of Social Inequality
- Social Equality Versus Overall Welfare Or The Welfare of The Worst Off
For some it may be intuitively clear—treating an individual as inferior is inherently wrong. If this is so, then social equality can be said to have intrinsic value. The problem is that this seems to be a convincing claim only for those who share the intuition—it is going to be difficult to convince those who do not share it that this form of equal...
It is easier to point to the harmful consequences of status inequality to demonstrate that social equality is indeed valuable. The harmful effects that lead from inequality can be classified as (1) individual or (2) social. Individuals can be harmed by being treated as inferior, or as I will emphasise in some detail below, as superior. Someone who ...
Highlighting the value of social equality by referring to its harmful effects may raise questions about whether social equality is indeed valuable. If we can only refer to the effects of a phenomenon to show its moral significance, then perhaps its effects are actually morally significant rather than the phenomenon itself. This is often considered ...
- Carina Fourie
- fourie@philos.uzh.ch
- 2012
Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within society have equal rights, liberties, and status, possibly including civil rights, freedom of expression, autonomy, and equal access to certain public goods and social services.
- Racial Discrimination. While the topic is mostly overlooked, racial discrimination is one form of social inequality with deep roots in our society. Whether we want to see it or not, people of color face numerous forms of discrimination each passing day.
- LGBTQ Discrimination. Another major area of disparity in social justice and equality is in marriages. For instance, while this is a basic right, some societies still restrict same-sex marriages.
- Income Gap and Economic Equality. In 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic, studies showed that America’s income gap stood the highest than it ever had in over 50 years.
- Child Welfare. Over the years, human rights activists and social workers have been on the front line fighting to combat social injustices in children simply requesting equal rights.
Jan 12, 2024 · Education is often heralded as the great equalizer, a means through which individuals can transcend their socio-economic origins and achieve social mobility. However, sociological research reveals a more complex relationship between education and social stratification.
Equalization is the Government of Canada's transfer program for addressing fiscal disparities among provinces. The purpose of the program was entrenched in the Canadian Constitution in 1982:
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Horace Mann, a pioneer of American public schools in the 19th century, famously called education the “great equalizer of the conditions of men.” But the inverse is also true.
