Why Equality is hard to practice?

zambo
By zambo

Why Equality is difficult to practice?
between
man:woman
bachelors:family
rich:poor
Eastern:western
black:white
native:immigrant
the list goes on and on

By JMT• 21 Jul 2008 13:44
Rating: 5/5
JMT

a bit of an abstract ideal. Mathematically, something "equal" is quantitatively the same. If you are using comparison, you are comparing apples to apples. Since the things listed cannot be systematically made the same, you start to compare apples to oranges, then to achieve "equality" a balance needs to be made--give and take and an ongoing discussion and change.

Human rights should be equal because you are essentially comparing the same thing, which is humans to humans, but it is in ensuring those rights where the standard to measure becomes blurry, and it doesn't mean the same thing to different people.

By zambo• 21 Jul 2008 13:27
zambo

I think and i believe equality does not mean similar or exact thing rather it is proportional. what I mean you are accountable only base on liabilities or capacity.

"swim like a current,stand like a rock"

By anonymous• 21 Jul 2008 12:58
Rating: 4/5
anonymous

'Equality' is a rather broad and open-ended notion.

As numerous people have commented above, you can't treat everyone equally because, in some respects, they aren't. Everyone's intellect, maturity, age, education and social background, is different.

I don't think people should be treated equally in every circumstance. I wouldn't tell someone in a wheelchair to get his own coke from the fridge, or tell an old woman to open the door herself, or yell at a child for making a mess. People are different and should be treated differently according to who they are.

However, on the issue of human rights, people should be treated equally.

Perhaps people could provide examples of certain instances of inequality and how it could be addressed? I must confess I'm not really able to talk about it because inequality isn't something I saw much of until I moved to Qatar. Perhaps someone from India could tell us about the caste system, for instance?

By Gypsy• 21 Jul 2008 12:38
Rating: 3/5
Gypsy

Equality is an ideal and something to strive for, however at the moment we don't have it because, some countries are poorer then others or have different cultural backgrounds that make equality difficult. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't aim for equality.

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By zambo• 21 Jul 2008 12:31
zambo

in general it must compliments human, economic, social, political. and i think man can't define or differentiate this.

i"swim like a current,stand like a rock"

By Gypsy• 21 Jul 2008 11:31
Gypsy

Are you talking about on a human rights level or an economic level??

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By zambo• 21 Jul 2008 11:18
zambo

and yet there are advocates who wants woman should be equal to man...if they can then do that then there should be western equal to eastern...native and immigrants but hard really to define yet some people or sectors are so demanding

"swim like a current,stand like a rock"

By harsha• 21 Jul 2008 01:22
harsha

i will answer this when i am less sleepy.. lol..

By SouthLand• 21 Jul 2008 01:09
SouthLand

and equal? Don't think it equates.

By lalkumarms• 20 Jul 2008 11:50
lalkumarms

Vakil

Practice of equality is among equals and not among unequals.

By Formatted Soul• 20 Jul 2008 11:26
Formatted Soul

we are already impressed with these golden woeds..lol

By Vegas• 20 Jul 2008 10:51
Vegas

No one here I need to impress...

No joneses to keep up with...

I just give give give...

It will all come back to me...

Even the one who hate me

Will come back to me one day...

You can't teach experience

By Vegas• 20 Jul 2008 10:48
Vegas

You can't teach experience

By Vegas• 20 Jul 2008 10:45
Vegas

You can't teach experience

By zambo• 20 Jul 2008 10:44
zambo

Corrected loulsy, and thnks

"swim like a current,stand like a rock"

By The rock• 20 Jul 2008 10:35
Rating: 3/5
The rock

hmmmm, i can venture 'cos of lack of education', and not just formal education

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By Loulsy• 20 Jul 2008 10:26
Rating: 4/5
Loulsy

if you want to compare western.. you shoud say Wester/eastern that way you dont limit it to asians..

Remember equality..

this is how life is.. ppls are biased to their own and thus inequality arises

WYSIWYG

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