Is the Elimination of Inequality in Society Achievable Through the Distribution of Income and Wealth?

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: A, , course: Politics and International Relations, language: English, abstract: The word inequality derives from the Medieval Latin word 'inequalitas', which basically refers to the unfair situation in which some individuals within society have more rights or better opportunities than other do. Inequality throughout historical times has always occurred in various forms such as socially, economically, racially and even in areas concerning gender. Some of the major ways in which inequality has affected many states within the international system are in the areas of income and wealth which many scholars place under the umbrella of economic inequality. Inequality is a subject, which dated as far back as during the days of slave trade and colonialism.

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