Not exact matches
In spite of much that still needs to be done, we had better rejoice and be thankful, not only for more comfortable living with the vast range of things technology has produced, but for more recognition of race and sex
equality and advances
toward implementation of these principles; better education; better health; minimum wage, unemployment and
social security provisions; and a large network of
social agencies that we sometimes fume at as being bureaucratic and expensive but which few of us would want to see abolished.
To be fair to Kierkegaard, he acknowledges the good intentions of the
social reformers» drive
toward equality, although «worldly
equality, even if it were possible, is not Christian
equality».20 He criticizes the caste system.21 Despite these concessions to the need for
social justice Kierkegaard's doctrine remains inadequate.
Churches need the younger generation to spur it
toward social justice and
equality on several fronts.
Instead, we will be trending
toward a balance between men and women, and therefore, a prolonged period of moderation in all things political and
social: a stable divorce rate, reasonable satisfaction in relationships, and greater gender
equality.
«A greater tendency
toward unethicality by winners is likely to impede
social mobility and
equality, exacerbating disparities in society rather than alleviating them.