A Study on Egalitarianism

What do recent criminal statistics in Australia reveal about the rights and responsibilities of Australians? What is the link, if any, between crime and social inequality?

The Austral realm’s languages are viewed by its people as more than only an idiom. Its evolution throughout decades of history has transformed both Australia and New Zealand into a unique society, filled with a mixture of words and idioms such as “go for a burn” and “dog’s breakfast,” both of which exemplifies some of the reasons of the worldwide

The Aboriginal concepts of justice compared to Western concepts of justice are quite different. Aboriginal peoples are therefore required to fit into a system that does not recognize their values. This difference in beliefs and values in relation to the criminal justice system represents a clash between the two cultures, which results in Aboriginal peoples being incarcerated at higher rates than non-Aboriginal

The criminal justice system is the system the Australian public look to for protection and justice against those that disregard the law but there are mixed opinions from the general public that the justice system is too lenient and that the public opinion isn’t taken into consideration when assessing crime and punishment. In this essay, I will argue that the Australian criminal justice system is in fact shaped largely by our society because if it doesn’t reflect social conscience, the justice system would fail. I will discuss this firstly by explaining how the criminal justice system works in Australia, how the justice system reflects community values and how it relates to today’s society, the budget and staffing levels of agencies of the

It is believed that while all human kind may have had common beginnings in the millennia past, the course of human history prevents all races from reverting back to that common kind. It is further believed that the racism that subsists in today’s society does not exist in the same manner within Canada. While Canada is an egalitarian society, a close examination would suggest that the blunt historical and social truths of racism that are often smugly denied exist very much in Canadian society and have seeped into the Canadian criminal justice system. The racialization of crime, discriminatory policing, minority overrepresentation in prison populations and a blatant denial of justice are aspects of the system that taint much of its past and create a worried present. This paper argues against the prevalent Canadian defence of egalitarianism by establishing the presence of systemic discrimination within the Canadian criminal justice system.

The federal system of government in Australia enables states and territories, within their jurisdiction, the legislative powers of administration through due process. Therefore, there is ‘no single criminal justice system in Australia’ with each state exercising independent corrective and justice services with the common goal of creating legitimacy and reliability of judicial infrastructure (Australian institute of Criminology n.d: n.p). The substantive and procedural jurisprudence system in Australia is under scrutiny due to the lack of public confidence, a consequent in current adjudicated finalisation, to which Young (2000: 68) denoted as ‘orthodox criminology’ in which jurisprudence is “denatured and desiccated’ for its attention to the retributive aspects of justice rather than the rehabilitative and incapacitation. Hence, providing a paramount question to the integrity of social justice as to whether a justice system of either determinate or indeterminate sentencing would mitigate these problems, furthermore, would the evolving perception of sexes and their involvement in crime and criminality be welcomed into either of these sentencing

We have been told from a young age in school that all men are created equal. This is represented in many ways and predominantly stated in our Declaration of Independence. Others such as Cox and Alm state that “America isn’t an egalitarian society It was not designed to be ”. (Cox and Alm pg. 70) I look at this disconnect as one where reality meets optimistic vision. Democracy was formed with the judgement that both Socialism, and Capitalism were flawed and all men were equal, deserved the same chances and rights specific to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Men are not created equal, nor are the animals that we inhabit this planet with. My experiences have allowed me to witness people with similar education, resources, and social skills and have a huge variation of financial success and happiness due mainly to drive, attitude, and work ethic or lack there off. In support of my statement, in 1970, three groups of Canadian workers, with the similar education over 12 years, were paid by the piece to make Woolen belts. The results were that, “32.2 percent of the economy’s income went to the 20 percent with the highest earning.” (Cox and Alm pg. 65). I strongly agree with Cox and Alm , as they state, “Capitalism, a successful and expanding system, doesn’t fight a fundamental fact of human nature-we vary greatly in capabilities, motivation, interests, and preferences.”

The criminal justice system in Australia follows the classical model of crime control in which criminal acts must follow with subsequent punishment. Our policies around crime control are closely linked to the political agenda of the ruling government. In Australia the liberal government have been in power for the majority of the last 20 years, and have adopted a “tougher on crime” stance in their policy-making procedures. Research has however shown that this method does not provide justice to many of the disadvantaged groups in our community, and only further reproduces the social inequalities that these individuals face.

In order to exhibit his view on species egalitarianism, David Schmidtz contrasts his views against those of Paul Taylor. Based on his premises in his definition of biocentrism, Taylor believed that all species, including humans, were of equal worth and value. He claimed that the human species was not superior to any other. Although Schmidtz corresponded with Taylor in the sense that biocentrism did exist, and that all living things had value, he objects to the idea that there is equal value among all species. This is made tremendously clear when he states, “I conclude that Taylor’s biocentrism has a point, but that biocentrism does not require any commitment to species equality” (115).

The various methods and evolutions of state formation have greatly affected human development. Before this advancement in history however, there were four different types of societies. First, there were bands that were small groups ranging from five to eighty people. For the most part, they were nomadic hunter-gatherers that had no civilization or strong leadership. Next in line were tribes. They were a lot bigger in population size compared to bands. Also, they had fixed settlements and were under greater control. Following tribes were chiefdoms. These people lived in big societies and were largely populated. This caused their site to be divided by class and have numerous chiefs that were

There are many indicators of identity by which we are made known individually, socially and culturally; the best of these would be language and how it has shown great flexibility in accommodating the needs of people. Through language people have been able to establish their identities and cultivate friendships with others who share the same common ground. By looking at accents such as Broad Australian English, slang and phonological features as they apply to Australian varieties, we can see how it has forged solidarity and assisted in creating an identity on an individual and national scale.

Due to this topic’s controversy in the evangelical church, I am very grateful to learn about these two different views. The variation of the views even within the egalitarian and complementarian perspectives was interesting. It reminded me that in ourselves alone unity cannot be found. Only in Christ can we obtain unity displaying a countercultural attribute that reflects His light and hope for this world. I am praying for our Great God’s faithful help in this.

For many years, the fight for equality has either brought peace and unity or hatred. One of the greatest events that happened in the United States was The March on Selma better known as “Bloody Sunday”. What started as a peaceful protest, turned into turmoil. Another event was when Dr. Martin Luther King gave the “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. This speech has been effective for many decades and is a reminder that us people should unite and strive for greatness. Though gave the Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, our nation and other parts of the world continue to bring division and hatred. When will the world know when enough is enough? I believe that society does not owe us equality due to the fact that true equality is impossible. In order to have a perfect society, we would need to have the same level of education, the exact same amount of wealth, and the exact same social status. In other words, we would an utopian society in order to be successful.

The word equality as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary is “The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities.”, so is everyone in our country equal? In America today, equality has not yet been achieved for all people. Some reason for this include: People of color are not treated the same and women in today’s society are not treated the same as men.

When we talk about sexism, most of the people will think that it has disappeared when 21st century began where new thinking came to people’s mind and changed the way they think.but I personally disagree with this point, nowadays, sexism still exists in our world, not only in some underdeveloped counties in Africa, but also in some well-known nations such as Britain, U.S.A and many other European countries. To me it is very strange that these countries were influenced by egalitarianism way earlier than the countries in Asia or South America. Such history, however, did not completely wipe sexism out from their minds , that’s why we still sometimes see news about sexism in our tv. In addition, some females become feminist in order to fight back because of sexism, in fact, females often act as a victim of sexism as they are not as strong as males and may be even considered as weak or incapable in some situations while females are actually able to finish the work just like males or even better. So I think that people especially males should stop discriminating females just because they don’t seem strong, and females shall also stop doing it even the public still thinks it is rare.