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From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman)
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Subject: Re: An ethics question concerning wage disparity
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 09:56:59 EST
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> Don't for a *minute* think that this question concerns justification of
> slavery.  It is instead a question that the SA debate has brought up in
> my mind.
> 
> Say you had two countries, and within those countries some identifiable
> groups (women/men, white/black).  What if:
> 
> In country A, men and women both make an average of $5,000 per year.
> 
> In country B, men make an average of $30,000 per year and women an average
> of $10,000 per year.
> 
> While there are lots of other factors to consider, the question is:
> 
>     Which country treats women better?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont. (519) 884-7473

It seems to me the answer to that question depends on your definition
of "better" which in turn depends on what one considers important in
life.  Personally (if the situatiuon above is as follows) given the
choice of being "poor" but considered an equal (with all the commeasurate
benefits) or being "richer"  but considered/treated as an inferior
I think I would rather be "poor".

-- 

	John Chapman
	...!watmath!watcgl!jchapman

	Disclaimer : These are not the opinions of anyone but me
		     and they may not even be mine.