PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Positive Liberty, Temporary Work, Negative Liberty

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1010
• Professor: Kyle Bromhall

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Privilege the socio-political/economic benefit that one social group has, relative to another, to which it is not entitled. If you take out the part time workers it goes to 71. 4% - up from 1988 (65%) but stagnant from 1998 (72%) Men tend to be in the highest earning brackets. If you compare median earnings it goes to 76% Up from 1988 where it was 65% but stagnant from 1998 where it was 74% Hourly: taking all forms of work into account seasonal, permanent, temporary, part time etc, all employees of all kinds its 84% (median wage, temporary work. Women earn about 94: permanent work. E(cid:373)ployers (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t dis(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)ate (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) ge(cid:374)der laws on it: not getting better actually getting a bit worse staying around 85% In specific positions maybe it is allowable based on physical characteristics. A small gap could be tolerated if that gap were the product solely of the aggregate, free choices of women.