Is social inequality desirable for society? Defend your view with arguments from historical and sociological viewpoints discussed in the chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
Students arguing “yes” should be able to draw on the “conservative thesis” arguments from early philosophers up to structural-functional theorists and neoconservative economists. Students arguing “no” should begin with “radical” philosophers and religious thinkers and continue to a range of conflict theorists, perhaps including Marxist and feminist thought.
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a. True b. False