Ethics

Ethics Study Guide is implied unless some emphatic episodic sign of resistance occurred and its occurrence can be established. 10.4 Equality and Discrimination Where social inequalities exist, different or unequal treatment occurs between groups. This discrimination can serve to reinforce the boundaries that separate the social groups from each other. Equality is the goal of ending different of unequal treatment. The following concepts are related to the discussion of this issue: 1. Assimilation is when a person adopts some or all aspects of a dominant culture (such as its religion, language, norms, or values). 2. Diversity is a philosophy of inclusion of individuals from a broad spectrum of differences such as race, gender, or country of origin. 3. Tolerance is the appreciation of diversity and ability to exercise a fair and objective attitude towards those whose opinions, practices, religion, nationality, and so on differ from one’s own. John Stuart Mill In 1869, John Stuart Mill and his wife Harriet Taylor Mill wrote The Subjugation of Women , an essay arguing in favor of equality between men and women. In the essay he states that due to the constraints put on them by men, women’s value has yet to be discovered. While this is not a novel idea in our time, empowering women was unheard of in Mill’s time, and he received a lot of criticism. He believed that each individual should have the right to prove or disprove him or herself to the world. Mill argued that inequality of women was an idea from the past, based on ideas of gender dominance. He believed that gender discrimination was a hindrance to human development in the modern world. He claimed that relationships between men andwomen were regulated by injustice, and that treating women as equals would double the effort toward the higher service of humanity. In the essay, Mill brings up arguments used in favor of keeping women suppressed and then refutes them with historical example. He looks at the traditions of slavery and points to their impact on the issue. Historically it was thought that one sex should be dominant over the other, just as it was once thought that the natural order of life meant that one race of people should be dominant over another. This belief was not held only by the lowly or small thinkers. Mill points out, even Aristotle and Plato believed that slavery was a perfectly logical system for the world to live by. Mill advocated the equality of men and women under libertarian principles stating that it’s unjustifiable to expect one thing of men and to deny that opportunity to women. ©2018 Achieve Page 77 of 116