All of the following are arguments against the functionalist interpretation of social inequality EXCEPT:

a. those who obtain higher education should be paid more because of the amount of job preparation that theyhave

b. not all people in a society are motivated to maximize their wealth.
c. some populations do not have equal opportunities to compete for positions.
d. stratified societies do not always give the most valuable positions to those who most deserve them.
e. it is fundamentally an ethnocentric argument.


a

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