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the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher. To live
Who has given the above quote and what was his contribution?
groups.
rewards in a society?
Liberals believe that competition between people is the most fair and
“As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march
ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the
will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and
Who has given the above speech and what is the title of the famous
speech?
Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, was a driving force for
racial equality in the 1950's and the 1960's. The above speech is by
Lebanon and Bhutan are two countries where women enjoy partial
suffrage.
Think of one reform that you think Marx would have introduced to
discrimination. Comment.
Rosa Parks was an African- American woman. Her refusal to give her
discrimination.
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society.
to attain in a dictatorship.
in the society.
What are the provisions provided in the Indian Constitution to
attain equality?
was incorporated.
employment.
society. Social equality denotes that all the members of the society get
development.
What is Equality?
centuries society has been guided by the moral and political ideal of
entitled to get the same rights and opportunities to develop their skill
society that is divided along these lines cannot progress and develop
violence.
made for the minority group to give the latter a level playing field.
What argument is raised by the critics of positive discrimination?
and control over certain key areas such as education and health care.
What is feminism?
Feminists are those men and women who believe that many of the
free and equal lives. They challenged the gender division of labour.
Define patriarchy.
men more than women and gives men power over women.
Patriarchy assumes that men and women are different by nature and
inequality. He pointed out that such private ownership did not only
make the class of owners wealthy, it also gave them political power.
attain equality.
bring equality.
impossible one.
1. Karl Marx was of the opinion that class struggle is the basis of
(Haves, that owned the means of production) and the poor (Haves-
economic equality.
the first world of Teh advanced industrial countries with 25% of the
world population, owns 86% of the world's industry. Global social
and the power which comes with it, over generations, the society
would become divided between those classes and others who have
remained poor over generations. Over time such differences can give
question this distinction by pointing out that most women are active
in the public domain. That is, most women all over the world are
be eliminated.
Equality cannot be established merely by law? Explain why? What
income and status. Equality means that each one should be given
and status are the outcomes which the state cannot guarantee, but
implemented.
inequalities.
United States.
Another way of implementing affirmative action is the one followed
set of people can enjoy the same rights as the rest of the society.
question given.
and being an optimist, had added. ‘Yet the spirit of the age will
triumph.’
ideal of equality?
‘Sex’ and ‘gender’ are often used interchangeably, but the two do not
compete.
factor.
every parent gets an opportunity for their child that is currently only
attain.
Find out the difference between the social and natural Inequalities.
talents. Natural inequalities cannot be altered since all men are born
social inequality. One finds that the discrepancy prevails between the
the state. These are legal and guaranteed by the Constitution and
attain.
belief that this would at least give those who have talent and
rather than one’s caste, race or gender identity. But caste, gender and
and fair, there can at least be equality before the competition but not
one’s talent and ability. That inequality is no doubt different from the
rewards of success and the penalties of failure. Such regulation has its
and equality.
were adopted for securing greater equality among the people of the
Backward Classes. All of these led to some gains for equality, but the
had not foreseen. There are massive disparities and conflicts of caste,
like Gujjars seeking special privileges from the state), Naxal violence
making bodies.
problems.
equality of outcome.
skills and talents and to pursue their goals and ambitions. It is not the
Analyse.
of standards.
The policy of quotas and reservations in India does not promote the
because it has been felt by political parties that the state must do