Question

Discuss why unequal access to basic services amounts to social injustice

Answer 1

Answer:

because some basic services are inherently necessary for a decent living. housing, education, healthcare, water, transport, electricity, etc. these things are necessary to live. when certain people or communities don’t have access to these basic services, the result will most likely be death or extreme poverty

with the abundance of resources available in the world today, there is more than enough to provide for every human being on earth. however, the accumulation of wealth and resources coupled with the concept of doing things for profit, people will be denied access to these basic services because of the effective cost and the loss of profit. homelessness in the US could end with ~20 billion dollars. world hunger could be solved with ~40 billion dollars. solving these issues would be an immense benefit to the human condition and human life, and doing things for the prosperity of humanity is what society and community is about (note: socialism, communism). right now, Jeff Bezos is worth over 100 billion dollars. he could easily end homelessness in America, he could easily end world hunger. but he chooses not to because there is no profit to be made and there is no personal incentive (selfishness, I above we) to do so. I’m not saying he is required to do this, but I’m simply putting things in perspective about how easily these horrific issues could be resolved and we choose not to do so.

so when someone sees Kylie Jenner worth a billion dollars for nothing (she is not self made) while cities in America don’t have clean drinking water and people die from lack of healthcare, it brings up questions about the system in which we live. this is a social injustice because society has declined directly due to this. “this” being the accumulation of wealth and resources and valuing profit over community

Answer 2

Social injustice is the unequal treatment of a group of people within a society.

Explanation:

• The main root of social injustice is unequal treatment and discrimination.
• Its not a new born concept, but it has been around for thousand of years.
• Areas of social inequality include access to voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, the extent of property rights and access to education, health care, quality housing, travelling, transportation, vacationing and other social goods and services.
• The three common examples of social injustice are discrimination due to gender, orientation, ethnicity, ageism , unfair labor practices etc.
• The social injustice becomes an advantage to one group and disadvantage to many.
• History shows that people who do not have access to these basic services are said to be poor and minorities of some sort.
• Thus, unequal access to basic services amounts to social injustice.