Exploring the concept of equality

As society grows intellectually, it recognizes the need to address such issues as equality. Measures have been diversified by countries adopting much more legal measures towards equality such as the Equality Act 2010 of the United Kingdom that protects individuals from harassment, victimization, and discrimination. Equality as a virtue has been arguably twinned around responsibility and legal justice. Fleubaey (1995) has argued that equality cannot be achieved because some agents already have influence over the outcomes. He further goes on to say that responsibility can be attributed by control where individuals control variables and individuals are the ones who can alter power by altering the degree of control. Formal equality comes from the moral and rational critique that any human is equal and ought to be equal (Lucas, 1965).

This equality is a product of being rationality not of principles of universality (Lucas, 1965). Lucas (1965) argued that people might be properly be treated differently only if they are different and if people are similar, then they should be treated similarly too. What's more interesting is that Lucas (1965) defined that people are not the same when it comes to age, sex, intellectual ability and strength of character. However, from all other aspects, they are the same. Eliminating material inequalities from the society involves transferring wealth from the wealthier to needy individuals or adopting policies and ensures that boost the economic status of the poor to equalize with the rest. Equality of outcome begins with distributing a fair share in the wages and salaries.

Equality of outcome also seeks to attain an equitable distribution of resources so that everyone enjoys a reasonable level of wellbeing (Savulescu, 1998). This form of equality has had different arguments and critics, especially from a political stance. For instance, Phillips (2004) has argued that defining equality from outcomes will presume answers as to what is being sorted to be equal. Corak (2013) associates opportunity equality as being free to accomplish almost anything with hard work. He argues that one has an opportunity to achieve regardless of the economic backgrounds one was born in. Countries with more opportunity inequalities he explains that also have low earning mobility through their generation. The question ‘equality for what' still is the main limitation when it comes to defining the policies upon which equality for an opportunity should be referenced.

Sometimes having finite options as to what should be equalized will bring us back into the definition of equality. This would make the implementation so much easier and fair because there is a set of standards and procedures to refer to. It would also be vital t to include other changing factors such as women empowerment and women representation in parliament and the increasing multiculturalism in our societies. Resisting change of the environments come along with its harmful effects. Work Cited Fleurbaey Marc, 1995. Equality and responsibility. pdf Lucas J. R, 1965. Against Equality. Vol 40. Royal Institute of philosophy. yale. edu/cgi/viewcontent. cgi?article=1277&context=yjlf Savulescu Julian, 1998. The cost of refusing treatment and equality of outcome. Vol 24. Corak Miles, 2013. Income inequality, equality of opportunity and intergenerational mobility.