SOCL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, Downton Abbey, Duck Dynasty
2 Feb 2018
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Ontological equality is the notion that everyone is created equal in the eyes of god. Equality of opportunity is the idea that inequality of condition is acceptable so long as everyone has the same opportunities for advancement and is judged by the same standards. This standard of equality is most closely associated with modern capitalist society and a cornerstone of arguments made by civil rights activists in the united states in the 1960s. Equality of condition is the idea that everyone should have an equal starting point from which to pursue his or her goals. Belief in this standard of equality has led to policies, such as affirmative action, which try to compensate social actors for differences in their conditions or starting points. Equality of outcome is the notion that everyone in a society should end up with the same rewards regardless of his or her starting point, opportunities, or contributions.
