Aboriginal Issues

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses notions of equality as they relate to aboriginal peoples in Canada. The paper examines a dominating group favored in distributive notions of equality and takes the approach of a corollary view, in the exploration of the disadvantaged Aboriginal population of Canada. The paper notes that "equality" itself has a complex range of meanings. The paper divides this discussion into two parts, dealing with values and potential equality in that realm, and further discussing asset equality, factoring in both goods and services. The paper deals initially with a values-based discussion and follows with an examination of asset equality.

From the Paper:

"Another acutely relevant area for aboriginals is equality within the realm of justice. In his theory of justice, Rawls discusses intrinsic worth: the denial that the loss of freedom for some can be made right by invoking the justification of a greater good. The Innu tradition of leaving the elderly behind with weapons to fend for themselves (when no longer able to maintain the pace of the family's hunting expeditions) would seem to be in direct contrast to that which Rawls considers intrinsic. In terms of Rawls' principles of justice, this would hardly be "to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Amnesty International. (2004, October 4). Stolen Sisters. Retrieved September 9, 2007, from Stolen Sisters: A Human Writes Response to Discrimination and Violence again that Indigenous Women in Canada: http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR200032004
• Baker, J. (2004). Equality From Theory to Action. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
• Gosepath, S. (2007, Fall). Equality. Retrieved September 20, 2007, from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plat.stanford.edu/archives/fall2007/entries/equality/
• Nathanson, S. (2005). Justice Without Equality: In Defense of the Decent Level Criterion of Justice. Retrieved September 20, 2007, from Equality Exchange: http://mora.rente.nhh.no/projects/EqualityExchange/
• Rawls, J. (1997). Justice and equality. In L. J. Moreland, Equality: Selected readings (p. 183 to 190). New York: Oxford University press.

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