<p>Is it possible for a society to be fair to everyone? </p>
<p>Equality and complete fairness is something that each nation strives to achieve at some point in is history in order to be known as a Utopian society. Personally, I do not think that it is possible for society to be fair to everyone.
The affirmative action in the United States has tried to make sure that African Americans are treated as equals in American society. This act led to the introduction of laws by the Supreme Court that ban institutions from discriminating against, caste, colour and/or Gender. In fact, many states such as Arizona and – have banned affirmative action as they believe that it has achieved its goal- equality. Is that true? Is everyone in America equal and fair to everyone? The citizens of Ferguson don’t think so. were A young black man was gunned down by the police even though he was not armed or posing any threat to his surroundings. Is that fair? A society can only be fair to everyone if everyone is treated with the same respect. In fact, a lot of people find that acts such as Affirmative Action lead to discrimination against the white American population. They believe that Affirmative Action actually leads to further inequality as white men and women are not given equal opportunities to the minorities in America. This is a clear example indicating why complete fairness will never be achieved.
Abraham Lincoln tried to achieve equality, Martin Luther King tried to ensure that everyone was treated fairly but both leaders failed at their task. We do not live in a society that is fair. If no country was able to achieve complete fairness by 2014, I find it hard to believe that we will achieve complete fairness in the future. Looking at the case in Ferguson, we can establish that society isn't fair even though we have entered the 21st century where the government has tried multiple times to ensure that everyone is treated fairly.
Similarly, if we take a look at women’s rights we realise that society is not fair. If a man and women are hired to do the same job the women is likely be paid 33 cents less than the man per dollar. Is this fair? Discrimination is all around us. I find it hard to believe that society will ever be completely fair anytime in the future. This is because human nature obstructs us from being fair to everyone. It is human nature to want to be superior to the rest of society. Everyone strives to be better than the rest and this is why everyone cannot be equal. Whites will strive to be superior to other races, men with strive to be superior to women.
There are laws all over the world that state that men and women are equal and that no one can discriminate against people on the bases of their gender. Then why is it that a woman is still likely to earn less than a man? Even though gay marriage is equal in a lot of parts of the world, why is it that members of the LGBT community are still harassed on the streets because of their sexual orientation? It’s because being able to accept people for being different or having a different opinion to yours is hard and I cannot see society ever being able to overcome this obstacle in order to ensure that everyone is treated fairly. My friend has still not had the courage to tell her parents that she is a lesbian because she is scared about the backlash she might face from both her parents and society. She is scared that she won’t be treated fairly because she is ‘different’ to the rest of her family.
Theoretically, achieving equality and treating everyone equally can happen. As long as we have strict laws that are enforced all over the globe, we can achieve fairness. However, in practice I think complete fairness with never be achieved. Even if we have the strictest laws to prevent discrimination and promote fairness we will never be able to live in a Utopian society because there are seven billion humans on the planet our human extinct to be better than the rest will always kick in and lead to inequality.
Having said that, we should all still strive to treat everyone with fairness. We might not ever achieve complete fairness but as long as we try bridging the gap of inequality, we will succeed in being better human beings and a better society.</p>
… i think u would take a 11</p>