Political Science 1020E Lecture 4: Lecture 4

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Canadian women earn sh. 82 cents for every dollar earned by canadian men. Gender-egalitarian policy implication of the appeal to nature. Why, on the culture view, there is inequality opportunity. Change both the female norms and the male norms. Transform the culture to an acceptance of public childcare. Thomas piketty, capital in the twenty-first century. Preside(cid:374)t o(cid:271)a(cid:373)a o(cid:374) (cid:862)the defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge of our ti(cid:373)e(cid:863) Can all legitimate claims be met without equality. Self-respect depends on what you can do relative to other people. E(cid:454)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374) fro(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) life(cid:863) leads to a la(cid:272)k of self-respect. Self-respect requires participation in society on relatively equal terms with others. Economic inequality is bad for those who have less. Being economically worse off is itself harmful to your health. Economic inequality is bad for communal, fraternal, or solidaristic social relations. Economically stratified communities: physically and socially gated. But solidarity is not as uncontroversially valuable as self-respect or health.