POLI 279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Amartya Sen, Social Stratification, Deontological Ethics
11 Sep 2018
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Instrumental argument: inequality can have negative economic, political and social effects aka utilitarian argument. Intrinsic argument: inequality is inherently unfair and unjust aka deontological argument. Ontological equality: we are equal at the most basic level. Rousseau argued that private property was the explanation for inequalities. Outcome equality (equity): inequalities are produced through our social/economic interactions. Marx argued that inequality has origins in private property and the division of labour. Gunder frank extended marxist analysis of the inequality of outcome to relations between the global north and south. Equality of opportunity: where opportunities" are equally distributed, even if outcomes are less equal; more commonly accepted. Equality of autonomy: the ability and means to choose out life course should be spread as equally as possible across society (amartya sen, 2011) Marx and earlier thinkers saw class and status synonymously. Max weber: differentiated between class and status. To understand different types of social stratification (i. e. caste, tribe)
