Why is untouchability opposed to the principles of equality and justice?
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According to Sarah Pinto, an anthropologist, untouchability in India applies to people whose work relates to "death, bodies, meat, and bodily fluids". In the name of untouchability, Dalits have faced work and descent-based discrimination at the hands of the dominant castes. ... Prohibition from entering other caste homes
Equality assumes everyone is the same, has the same abilities/talents, and the same history. Justice doesn't. Justice is about making appropriations towards fairness even in light of past inequality. ... Justice views poverty not as a moral social failing, but as an economic condition worthy of concern
Equality assumes everyone is the same, has the same abilities/talents, and the same history. Justice doesn't. Justice is about making appropriations towards fairness even in light of past inequality. ... Justice views poverty not as a moral social failing, but as an economic condition worthy of concern
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