Aristotle, in his book titled Politics, notes that one of the weak points in a democracy is that because people are considered "politically equal" they imagine they should be equal to everyone else in all other ways.
We see the same cultural movements occurring in our democracies today.
The push for equality in everything is being exploited by politicians everywhere through assorted wealth redistribution efforts, or efforts to lower education standards so that everyone can be awarded college degrees in something.
Prior to the Industrial Age, where almost limitless amounts of money have become available to governmentally empowered social tinkerers, making oneself "equal" to someone else was a personal responsibility. Now it appears "social leveling" has become the responsibility of government.
To make one citizen equal to another in as many ways as the social engineers can devise appears to be the aim of innumerable public efforts.
Is this a wise approach and do you think this will lead to a more harmonious and productive society in the future?
It is your responsibility to make yourself equal to other. May be the government can help in creating conducive situation for you to operate.
No need to be on a par with others, you need to do is just to be the best side of yourself
Being 'equal' to others can identified and spoken of in two senses: ethical sense (self-identity) and political sense (equality and equity). Given that your argument springs from Aristotle's "The Politics", equal to others will be in the political sense.
As such, I argue that being equal to others is a shared responsibility between the government and the individual. The percentage of sharing will depend on the context, culture and form of governance in place. It only becomes the responsibility of the individual when the government has put in place a conducive environment.
I agree with Donatus Tegha Kum in the sense that it is the shared responsibility between individual and the political authority. However, the political authority has the responsibility to create space for the individual and create a mechanism to ensure their access in that space.
People are different..in their capabilities and capabilities..the government can provide a decent living for citizens..but the issue of equality..is not possible..whether we are individuals or governments..if the rich give out even a small group of their money to the poor..it will be possible to achieve solidarity and eliminate the Class, albeit in a simple way...
Diversity is more colorful and richer than a single standard that requires everyone to conform to. We are given the free will to choose. A more harmonious society is to provide the environment for individuals to exercise that choice.
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