Inequality Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Philosophy

The first article, “‘Saving Amina’: Global Justice for Women and Intercultural Dialogue” highlights on the plight of women and girls who are oppressed and inhumanely treated by non-western cultures. It stages a protest by feminists who are against this victimization of women. It is evident from the article that cultural practices like arranged marriages, genital cutting, female infanticide, sexual slavery, sex-selective abortion, and dowry murder among others are raising alarms and are becoming a major topic in the western philosophy.
“Feminist Moral Philosophy”, the second article, dwells on the changing face of the ethics and moral concepts in the ...

What is most common in people’s mind in regards what characterizes a conservative person, it is widely accepted that conservative is an individual with rather “old-fashioned” ideas, or one that sticks to tradition. Usually a conservative person refuses to follow the stream and embrace new concepts. According to the Oxford Dictionaries, conservative as an adjective means “holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion” (oxforddictionaries.com), while in terms of what defines a conservative person, Oxford Dictionaries note that it is “a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional ...

Introduction

Gender relations transformations ever since the beginning of 20th century are essentially among the most rapid and profound social changes in the human history. For over 7,000 years of the human history from the time settled agriculture and the early states occurred, male domination has actually characterized gender relations of societies together with their predecessors. The other thing to note is that even at the commencement of 20th century, women and men were largely viewed as occupying sharply diverse roles in the society where the place of a woman was essentially in the home as mother and wife. On ...

Introduction

Sustained huger and food insecurity are harmful to all individuals, but hunger is primarily disruptive to children. Good nutrition is of the utmost importance to a child’s growth and wellbeing. Not having enough of the right kinds of food can have serious consequences for a child’s physical and mental health, educational accomplishments and future economic success. One in five kids is facing difficulties in achieving his or her full potential. Hunger among children in America is due to prevailing states of poverty, rather than the availability of food itself (DoSomething.org). Income inequality and the continued marginalization of ...

A child born with ambivalent genitalia are typically given surgery and assigned one particular gender. the intention is to save “the child from future mental suffering” . Why is it that there are two genders when there are children born of both gender? Why is alteration of the child the only solution? Feminist have one answer to this question. Biomedical ethics emphasize universal principles that tend to disregard particulars, especially in regards to gender, that are at all times morally relevant. The implications on women emerged most prominently with medicalization . From providing an embryo with choice to carelessly selecting the ...

Dietary Trends Reflect Socioeconomic Status and Gender Roles in contemporary U.S Society.

Nutrition has undoubtedly emerged as a dominant contemporary social and cultural value in contemporary U.S society amid an escalating rate of heart disease and ongoing obesity epidemic. However, dietary choices on the individual level are often influenced by exterior forces which both mold the perception of what is considered to be healthy as well as the availability of genuinely healthy food to certain socio-economic segments of the population. In the consumer based capitalist society of the contemporary United States, food has become an agent which reinforces traditional gender roles and also serves as a primary indicator of the ever expanding degree ...

In 1970s, people were very active in participating to various movements that would help in achieving their long-time hopes and goals of seeing that changes in their situations would change. African Americans continued to struggle to end legalized racism despite several previous declarations of it being illegal in buses and schools. Women were struggling to put an end to sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace that constantly put them in fear. Gays and lesbians were screaming out loud for them to be liberated and be given equal treatment in the society. Workers, on the other hand, fought hard ...

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In his essay, ‘Discourse on the Origin of Inequality,’ Rousseau considers how man seeks freedom in the discourse and the social contract. However, the realization of liberty is hindered by supremacy of inequality and property, characteristic of capitalism as expressed by Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto. The freedom expressed by Rousseau is not entirely political but also freedom from the need and psychological. In the novel, Their Eyes were Watching God, by Zara, the character Janie is in the journey to achieve freedom from male domination, true love and self-independence in a world of racism and female subordination. The ...

Introduction

We have this belief that education augments our salary level, but it's not always true at least for women. Research based on full time year round earning of male and female workers shows that in the US women earn less than men of the same education level. In fact, the median earnings of women are on par with the earnings of men who are few levels lower in the education ladder. In 2010 the full time year round earning of female worker was $34,000 compared to $42,000 for men (H.L Solis and K. Hall). In fact, this ...

Introduction

Political equality, as an ideal concept and as a practical recourse in politics or governance, is one of the cornerstones of democracy. This paper will explore the self evident and abstracted concept of political equality in the light of its practice in a democratic political system. It will be argued that political equality is an ideal and normative political concept which is not absolutely being realized.
Hence, this argument shall be centered on the definition of political equality in terms of political participation. The paper shall define political equality in terms of how the constituents are able to represent their ...

Irving Kristol makes a solid argument for why the political institutions of America are successful. However, there are some large gaps within the logic that can be argued. It is true that many feel strongly about the American way of life, and that this may be in our bones. But, this does not prove the effectiveness of political institutions. Instead, it proves the effectiveness of our culture’s ability to socialize those within. The socialization through culture is a specific area of study for Anthropologists, arguably proving this to be a true aspect of society, especially in America. Thus, ...

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The theory of Functionalism vs. Class conflict theories of Education: An Introduction
There is a great ongoing debate over the education system in the USA. With the increasing role of the charter schools’ role in the education field, it becomes vital to have good analysis about how successful they are educating the students. As a result of ongoing progress in the contemporary student achievement test and data, it is now possible to analyze student learning in charter schools in comparison to the traditional public schools the students would otherwise have attended.
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Pragmatism is a renowned concept of great relevance and application in the modern society. Sentiments presents by other American philosophers incline towards a reformist approach in addressing sociopolitical issues. Pragmatists are constantly motivated by a desire to find solutions through practical application. The idea of pragmatism can successfully be utilized in explaining and understanding socio-political issues and in building knowledge of about effective governance. Understanding the idea of pragmatism especially in America is essential in building knowledge of the current and history issues of social inequality. The paper focuses on establishing whether classic pragmatic have geared adequate effort to address the challenge ...

We can end poverty 2015 image is an emotional appeal aimed towards political leaders and the general population about the need to end global poverty. The image makes an argument that challenges the viewer’s emotions and values hence inducing a change in paradigms in the way the viewer understands politics and its effects on global poverty. In a word, the argument made by the image is that “the world leaders are in a position to help children out of poverty, but they are doing nothing. Instead, world’s political leaders are using income inequality as an advantage that they use to ...

Dependence is one aspect of life which we cannot run away from. Human beings are dependent on others, just as nations depend on other nations. However, if the dependence is not handled or treated with the sensitivity it deserves, then cruelty, violence, inequality and other unjust social practices emerge. The inequality in life produces two classes of individuals, the masters and the servants, the employers and the employees, or the providers and the dependants. Candide’s philosophy, which advises us to “cultivate our gardens,” can be a breakthrough from the social injustices that result from careless handling of dependence. Biblically, a ...

The globalization along with growing inequality between and within countries has brought new trends that today cause mixed reaction from the society. The global migration is considered one of the most crucial issues of the 21th century. There are more than 232 million of international migrants in the world. If they could occupy a separate territory for living it would be a new population in the world, strong enough due to its multicultural background (The United Nations, 3). However, Immigrants more often face discrimination, exploitation, ill-treatment, wounding and even enslaving. They are afraid to complain and fight for their ...

Democracy, Rights, and Empire

Thesis
Europe has seen it all; revolutions, plague, recession, famine, revolts, and invasions, and this was why, when opportunity came knocking at their doors, the few powerful nations of Europe, adventured to expand and control their business interests far from their shores. In order to understand how and why this transpired, one needs to go back in time and understand Europe as it was in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Background

The Rise of Europe between 1500 and 1850 was largely accounted for by the growth of European nations which shared their borders with the Atlantic, and in particular, ...

New advances of technology have fascinated the world and have changed how people communicate. Recent introduction of social network, like twitter, facebook, and LinkedIn have totally changed how people connect to others and most people have adapted to this kind of changes. One can get amazed to see students walking with their heads held down to the phone and fingers moving at a furious pace in the name of “twitting” and “facebooking”. The effect of social network has become a debatable and a hot topic to the sociologist where they argue that the virtual world has changed how people react to each ...

The process of globalization has been spreading across the world during the last several decades, and as a result, the gap between developed and developing countries has become more noticeable and serious. The world includes nearly two hundred countries, only twenty of them are considered to be the most economically developed (world leaders of G-20), and the rest of the nations have slow development or exist below the poverty line. In the world where every human should have the same rights as another, the great imbalance of incomes, education, medical care and even variety of food provision between different nations ...

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Introduction
Over the past several decades, there has been a dramatic inequality in the distribution of wealth and income in the United States of America. At the same time, the state has failed to aggressively address the mentioned increasing disparity and discrimination in allocation of wealth. As a result, the consequences have turned out to be less effective and less liberal. It is now widely acknowledged that by every logical measure, the United States of America is the most imbalanced and lopsided rich country of the world. As far as economic mobility is concerned, “the likelihood ...

Globalization offers extraordinary opportunities to the countries related with economic and social development. Over the past few decades the globalization become cultural, economic, political and social phenomena that impacted the whole world, and improved trade between the countries by eliminating trade boundaries between the countries. Globalization facilitated the economic development of developing countries and extended financial benefits to the developed nations. Despite of various benefits the globalization was criticized by some experts due to the challenges associated with it such as financial crises, inequality among societies, poverty, and exclusion. Least developed and developing countries face obstacles while participating in ...

Throughout the world, education is linked with income in the minds of many, particularly as they arm their children for the challenges of life. Getting a college degree is often equated with getting a better job and making more money; this is often the impetus behind pursing higher education for many people in industrialized countries throughout the world. However, is this true? Is there a correlation between the level of education one has and the amount of money they make? The following examines the literature available on the subject to gain an understanding of the pervading wisdom of academic professionals on the ...

English

Group think refers to the mode of thinking that individuals engage in when they are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group as the members strive for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise other alternative causes of action (Zaremba 172). In groupthink, do people follow the quiet-moral voice or the aggressive-loud voice? Malcolm X, an outspoken civil rights leader in the 1960’s said, “Nobody can give you freedom.you take it” (YouTube, 2008). Obviously, Malcolm x was the aggressive-loud voice of civil rights in the black American community. In contrast, Elijah Muhammad, another black civil rights leader, was characterized as a ...

Social and Religious Equality

Introduction
America was discovered in the last decades of 16th century. During the early part of 16th century America was still an unknown land for many. At present, America is a land of social, religious and political equality but it was a different scenario in America during the 17th century. Religious equality was not there in the 17th century America. Most of the early people who settled in the country were Puritans. After the first colony was established in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1620, it became a trend for colonial rules in America (Varon, 2001). America in the 17th century had ...

Rhetoric in martin Luther king Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech.

Introduction.

Martin Luther king was a clergyman, activist and a leader of the African-American civil rights in the American continent. King was a great national icon in the Americans history but however, there are few Americans today who are still not familiar with martin’s philosophical speeches like his famous speech, “I have a dream.” Which he delivered in Washington on March. At the time he gave this speech, America was in the middle of a civil rights movement that would end segregation and other injustices. King was well recognized for his use of ...

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In Australia, various factors have been identified as determinants of health status in any given population. These factors include class, gender, ethnicity or whether one is indigenous or non-indigenous. Understanding the effect of these determinants on health and their interaction poses a great challenge. Gender and ethnicity are some of the complex traits and are very useful since they include social dimension that are necessary in the understanding their impact on health. This paper is aimed at showing how class, gender, indigeneity or ethnicity impact on the health status of people living in Australia.
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Many scholars consider modern democratic government "inevitably' as party government. The attitude that democracy is inevitable is somewhat idealistic according to Philip Slater and Warren G. Bennie of the Harvard Business Review [ CITATION Sla90 \l 1033 ]. In an article posted on HBR’s website entitled, “Democracy is Inevitable,” they write that democracy, ”reflects a state of mind (sic) that is by no means peculiar to business people but characterizes all Americans, if not perhaps all citizens of democracies [ CITATION Sla90 \l 1033 ]. The article further states that democracy has been almost universally embraced because of the idealistic notion that everyone ...

In this essay, women are not equal to men. Nature has it, from time immemorial, that the two can and will never be equal. Even though feminism tries to make the equality a reality by trying to secure similar rights as those of men, it shall never be achieved. Maybe in the virtual life, equality can be achieved but not in the physical life.

A tool that is used to make rules and regulations and to determine the course of life is power (Lukes 1974 and 2005, and Connolly 1983). It is true beyond any reasonable doubt that this tool ...

Sacking of Attorney General

Dana Loesch is a radio personality that is never afraid of speaking her mind. She always says issues as she sees them. In fact, she is one of the most vocal radio personalities in the current generation. In her latest show, which was on Tuesday 31, she raised different issues concerning the several aspects of the contemporary world and the lifestyles of people. In the first part, she criticized the people who are against the sacking of former attorney general of the federal government, Sally Yates (Loesch). In her argument, she states that President Trump did what other presidents ...

Technology has the ability to change all lives, but only if all people are provided equal access to it. Application of technology is important because advancements provide critical tools for empowerment. These new technologies are useful in the definition of social as well as economic advancements. Technological advancements around the world have developed a unique platform for supporting change and helping people live better lives. However, the extent to which different people have access to technological advancements is significant to the definition of how challenging it is for people to access the same technological advancements, hence the creation of ...

The collection of stories called “Distant View of a Minaret” that was written by an Egyptian female author Alifa Rifaat had a huge impact on the understanding of sexuality in the contemporary Middle East. It’s been known the questions of gender and sex are often ignored in that part of the world. Due to a long history and a deeply rooted faith, people of this area lack democracy. Their societies have been built on conservatism, traditions and ethics that are very often unfair to certain groups of people of those societies. Those people usually include females, slaves and ...

Introduction

In the contemporary times, the use of drugs by athletes has emerged as a rather acute problem in professional sports. The immediate solution to this problem entails the resolution of a chain of related issues: how to improve the system of drugs controls, which drugs are to be prohibited, what measures shall be made against those athletes who violated anti-drug rules. Whereas many regard the use of drugs in sports as beneficial and helpful for the athlete, others believe the drug usage by sportsmen as extremely detrimental and destructive. As far as my opinion is concerned, performance-enhancing drugs must ...

Since its existence, money has been a powerful tool, whose significance depended on the attitude of the money owner to it. Without the attached value, money is a neutral means for survival that is used to ensure the access to the necessities. However, when in hands of people with different personalities, goals, aspirations and views, it can become a positive or a negative influence on one’s own life and on the lives of many people. It can be used to provide immediate help, food, clothes, a roof over one’s head and to finance professional projects, hobbies and recreation; however, at the same ...

There is a common misconception fostered by many Britons that with the growing diversity and the growing influence of globalization in the country Great Britain has become a classless society. This myth is further reinforced by the proclamations made by different political dignitaries like former British Prime Minister John Major who expressed the desire to create a 'classless society of opportunity' after he came into power back in 1990s (Lewis, 2013). Not only John Major, another Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair also proclaimed in his speech in 1999 that "the class war is over" (Marsden, 1999). But in ...

Is Firing Bad Teachers the Real Solution to the De Facto Segregation in the U.S. Education System?

In “Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers”, Evan Thomas and Pat Wingert have once again identified a very old problem in the U.S. education system, that there is a huge distinction in education quality and outcomes based on class and race in this country. There always has been, and in reality it is still a system that is very highly segregated by race and social class. All the concerns about low graduation rates and falling test scores over the last thirty years are actually a ...

Politics is one of the building blocks of any society in the world and no one can dispute its contributions to the health and competitive development of a society. In an ordinary context, politics can be defined a process by which people organize themselves through social relations with an aim to gain authority and is characterized by ideologies leading to collective decision-making. Politics are swayed around through philosophical influence usually controlled by a politician or politicians if they more than one. Like, politician is defined as an individual who actively participates in politics and administration and is usually engaged in bringing influence ...

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution in England

History has always shown that man had continuously struggled to foster development for the improvement of life and progress. This struggle had managed to trigger changes and events that led to the Industrial Revolution or the Age of Industrialization. The revolution had established Europe as a dominant industrial region and bolstered its economy, allowing its population to grow and prosper. In England, industrialization brought significant social changes that had transformed England to the mighty European hegemony it was known for and a society fit for further industrialization. Industrialization physically transformed England’s lands and waterways to become fit for commercialization and ...

Despite of living in a world that has extensively benefited from the capitalist production system, it still seems necessary to make questions about its ethics. There is no doubt that since its adoption and generalization, people around the world has experimented unprecedented wealth and freedom, but there are still issues that plague the world where capitalism has had no power to solve. Many even find the cause of said problems in the capitalist system. This paper will analyze the definition, elements and criticism of capitalism as exposed by William Shaw in his book Business Ethics to find out if capitalism ...

There is great disparity in educational opportunities based on social an economic background in France. Likely, there is a similar pattern in education throughout the Western world. Bourdieu & Passeron shows conclusively in his essay Inheritance the cause and effect relationship of social class on opportunities in education and prior knowledge going into education. Their primary source for their essays where from a series of surveys which were carried out by the Centre de Sociologie europénne Bourdieu & Passeron were most surprised at how social class created interests in individuals more than individual preference. He found that “in the absence of organized ...

Digital divide or split is a social concern that refers to the variation in the amount of information between individuals who have access, and capable of using the modern information technology such as the use of the internet, telephone, and television and the ones who do not have access. The term "Digital divide" became widespread among some group of people, including scholars, advocacy groups, and policymakers during the 1990's. According to this essay, there are various causes of the digital divide that need to be addressed. The digital divide is brought about by the variation between individuals living in the ...

Rousseau and Wollstonecraft conquered the world with their philosophical words and arguments back in the years. Rousseau is one of the most influential thinkers who were re-known in Europe for some of his major arguments. He did philosophical works such as A Disclosure on the Sciences and Arts back in the 1750’s. Rousseau discusses education at a very high level where he argued against traditional views of religion that led to much criticism (Spielvogel). This paper will analyze the views of these two great philosophers by comparing and contrasting their views on some of the issues such women rights ...

The economic growth of United States became even better in the 1900s which also brought about the disparity of wealth between the rich and the poor. The government and Wall Street have been working together in order to formulate laws that will favour the banks and the rich community (Penner). When there is a reduction of tax payment the rich will be able to continue investing and increasing their wealth while the poor may increase their wealth but it will not be same because they cannot afford to take risks with their wealth. The politicians also get their funding from ...

On paper and in spirit, the United States is “the land of the free.” It is thought of as a place of equal opportunity where hard word, talent, and dedication to goals almost assure that they will be achieved. We are a democracy, not a plutocracy, where an select class of haves rules an under class of have-nots. However, this whole integral notion that defines our society could be put into jeopardy as more wealth gets swallowed up by the rich and the poor our left with less. The rich are getting wealthier in this country because they are manipulating their power ...

The issues of what roles an individual plays in making up a community have become substantial topics of debate in the modern effort to integrate cultures on an international level. This study will examine the role that the community plays in the development of the individual as well if this evolution has an impact on the community’s efforts to become part of the global neighbourhood. The ability to first examine case studies that illustrate the issues facing communities in a starkly divided community, will illustrate what influences these combined attitudes can have on international efforts.
Beginning with a base overview ...

An Argumentative Essay about the role of women during the New Deal Era

Introduction
All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness . This is probably the most famous phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. While it sounds great, a good look into it may change the mind of a person who’s reading it by the play of words in the phrase.
For one thing, it say’s “the pursuit of Happiness.” Does this mean that happiness is meant to be pursued but never found? Another is the fact that “All ...

Israel became a nation about two thousand years before the rise of Islam. Modern day Israel shares the same language and culture based on Jewish tradition (" Israel Science and Technology Directory.") Jews have had an important presence for well over three thousand years. However after the Romans overtook Jerusalem about two thousand years ago, those of Jewish faith were exiled to Diaspora (" Israel Science and Technology Directory."). Refugees in the area still remain an issue.
Religious strife continues to be the driving facto between the states of the Arabs and Palestine. Jews desperately wished to return to Israel. Many ...

The Middle East conflict between Israel and the Arab state has been in the forefront of international news for years. However, despite the recent focus on the Middle East, statistics show that conflict has been gradually subsiding since the 1970’s. Throughout this essay I endeavor to clearly analyze the factors contributing the Arab-Israeli conflict and how they might be resolved. The holy city of Jerusalem, is often caught in the middle of this conflict. Considered a city with deep historical and religious significance to many cultures and religions, the question remains, who should claim Jerusalem as their own?
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Ethical Dilemmas for Multinational Companies

This argumentative essay tries exploring how the seemingly wise, invincible and “tall standing” multinational companies also get entangled in the web of ethical dilemmas, and their immediate response when confronted with such a morally pressing situation, in the context of their international business operations, and the extent to which it is appropriate or inappropriate in the light of relevant academic research studies and the current global legal environment.

An “ethical dilemma” is a morally pressing circumstance where an individual is required to choose between two actions to be performed, neither of which ironically offers a satisfactory resolution to the situation or problem ...