"natural needs no longer can be seen as unalterable" justify this statement...?
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Yes, natural needs no longer can be seen as unalterable because:
Advancement in medical science has made disabled persons to be efficient to work effectively.
Computers even assist to blind persons.
A person’s look can also be changed with cosmetic surgery
Explanation:
(i)Natural inequalities are those that emerge between people as a result of their different capabilities such as physical, mental and emotional. These types of inequalities are different from socially–produced inequalities which emerge as a consequence of inequalities of opportunity (educational, family– environment etc.) or the exploitation (social, economic cultural, political, emotional etc.) of some groups (people of low castes, backward group, weaker sex or common sex, in a society by others.
(ii)Natural inequalities are considered be the result of the different characteristics and abilities with which people are born. It is generally considered that natural differences cannot be changed.
Social inequalities on the other hand are those created by society.
(i)Certain societies may, for instance, value those who perform intellectual work over those who do manual work and reward them differently. They may treat differently people of different race, or colour, or gender, or caste,
(ii) Certain inequalities in the treatment of people have existed over a long period of time they may appear to us as justifiable because they are based on natural inequalities. For example there are certain characteristics with the people are born with and cannot easily change. For instance, women were for long described as the weaker sex, considered coward and of lesser intelligence than men, needing special protection. Therefore, it was felt that deny women equal rights could be justified.
(iii) However, old conceptions of discriminations such as based on gender and colour or race are now questioned. They are now seen as distinctions made by society or state as a result of the differences of power between people and nations rather than based on their in born characteristics.