Dear Ayn Rand: Your novella‚ Anthem‚ was a real perception-onset for me. It made me apprehend that it is not always bad to oppose with what other people consider. The novella also made me understand that if you don’t consider what others do you will probably get resolved for it‚ but you just have to stay robust through the hard times. Life is hard and it is seldom not fair. It can hurt sometimes‚ but if you focus on what is within your power to change for the better
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means that there is a group and together‚ but independence means that there is one person and one thought. Which one do you prefer? In the book‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ there is no independence at first. The community all follow rules and they do not get to make any choices‚ but if they try to make a choice then they are punished. The main character‚ Equality follows the rules until he realizes that he wants to be creative and independent. He starts going to his own little tunnel every Friday and one
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on other grounds. The proposed Directive responds to and raises many issues‚ such as the shape of gender equality and anti-discrimination legislation in the EU‚ the concept of multiple discrimination and the role of equality bodies in protecting individuals’ rights. Within this context‚ the direction and content of this publication is informed by the EWL seminar‚ ‘Levelling up Gender Equality Legislation and Tackling Multiple Discrimination’ held in January 2009. This seminar allowed EWL members
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050007737 What is ‘equality of opportunity’? “Equality of opportunity is a political ideal that is opposed to caste hierarchy but not to hierarchy per se” (Arneson) The rational behind this political ideal is that society is uneven‚ with privileges‚ standing and potential for success being heavily influenced by many different factors predetermined by birth. The political ideal places an individual in any given rung of social hierarchy as a result of their background. Equality of opportunity calls
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Anthem vs The Matrix In all of these dystopian literature books and novels‚ the main protagonists are young adults. It shows that more kids are starting to like dystopian literature more because they can relate to them more. Just about all of dystopian literature novels or even movies there are young adult that take the lead. Dystopian literature is quite the topic‚ there are novels and even movies based on dystopian literature! You might not even realized that dystopian literature is everywhere
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GENDER EQUALITY: PROBLEMS‚ STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS Mari Teigen Institute for Social Research Bergen‚ 20. september 2012 Outline • Problems • Strategies • Solutions Institutt for samfunnsforskning www.samfunnsforskning.no The Principle of Gender Equality • Parity Participation / Everyones right to participate on an equal footing • • • Economical participation Cultural participation Political participation • Multi-dimensionality Institutt for samfunnsforskning
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Equality and diversity is a term used in the United Kingdom to define and champion equality‚ diversity and human rights as defining values of society. It promotes equality of opportunity for all‚ giving every individual the chance to achieve their potential‚ free from prejudice and discrimination. Equality and diversity can mean different things to different people and organisations. The term equality and diversity is defined best‚ in my opinion‚ as the prevention and elimination of discrimination
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stratification (Parsons‚ 1970). Whilst complete societal equality may be unattainable‚ Equal Opportunities (EO) policies aim to ‘reduce the gap’. Inequality takes different forms and there is much theoretical debate regarding which grouping variables‚ such as gender or age‚ are important. There exist three key notions of ‘equality of opportunity’: formal‚ liberal and radical. The former two are minimalist concepts‚ concerned principally with equality of opportunity - the ‘beginning’ of the process. Conversely
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The Concept of Equality Equality issues * Equality = justice/ * No – identical rights‚ opportunities + treatment * = impractical + not desirable e.g. young offenders have special treatments (immature) * Gaps in equality (preferential treatment) * Appropriate serve moral + social goals in society. * Individual differences = social + economic inequalities * Justice treating everyone equally regardless of differences * Differential treatment or discrimination
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What factors affect equality in the community? How can “equality” be defined and deconstructed to assess its components? In order to achieve equality‚ it can be studied as a result of freedom in the community. In the works of Alexis de Tocqueville‚ he addressed the role equality and individualism played in social change that impacted the state as a community. On the contrary‚ Karl Marx wrote regarding how equality can be achieved through communism and industrial liberation. The argument presented
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