EQUAL RIGHTS 4/9/16

“The idea of rights itself is more complex than it may first appear. In today's reading by Marshall we can see that we consider to be "rights" has a civil, a political, and social aspect. Rights are connected with the idea of citizenship. To be a citizen means that you are entitled to certain things, and it suggests the equality of all members to these entitlements. Part of the confusion over rights comes because, as Marshall, says at one point all aspects of rights were combined, but that in modern times the idea of social rights conflicts with a capitalist economic system”.

I chose this passage because i have always given thought to what equality really meant and still means in today’s society. There are many views as to what it means to have equal rights in our society. The reasons behind this confusion of social rights comes from the inequality that exist in our communities. The standards of equality that were created were to fit a different type of mix of people. Therefore as our societies evolve so should our system of equal rights. Some may say that since our system of inequality does not fit our modern times there is just an illusion of equal rights. I strongly believe that there still is a capitalist system privately owned by the majority class, and in some way it prevents the lower class from achieving the higher and social economic class. I wonder if there ever was or will be a social and economic equality with in what we call civil rights.