School Vouchers
Throughout history, one of the most disputed topics has consistently been equal rights within society. Social equality is defined as a social state of affairs in which different individuals have the same status in a certain respect. These extend to voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, property rights and the access to education, health care and other social securities. I will present and defend the idea that for each individual within a society to succeed to his or her full potential in my public philosophy, he or she must be guaranteed these equal rights. The different political ideologies possess strong differing opinions on the principle of equal rights. Ideologies that support the extension of equal rights to all citizens
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The controversy surrounding these has been around since the 1950s, when they were introduced in the United States. A school voucher is a certificate by which parents are given the ability to pay to send their child to a school of their choice, rather than a public school to which they were assigned. Many argue that this undermines the concept of equal rights in education. The argument is that this allows people to send their children to a “better” school than the public school that is government funded. The major problem associated with this is that those who can afford to take their vouchers and go to a “better” school will go and leave the less fortunate at the public school to receive a “mediocre” education. I feel that this could give the students who attend “better” schools an unfair advantage over those who cannot afford to pay private school tuition. School vouchers, are simply one issue that plague the concept of equal rights with regards to …show more content…
Freedom of speech is defined as the right to voice one’s opinion publicly without fear or censorship. In nations with authoritarian forms of government, blatant government censorship is enforced. The right to free speech is what separates democracy from authoritarian governments. Even if all people don’t agree with certain statements a person may make, they along with all people have the right to make such statements. The right to voice one’s opinion publicly without fear is very important to the concept of
The controversy surrounding these has been around since the 1950s, when they were introduced in the United States. A school voucher is a certificate by which parents are given the ability to pay to send their child to a school of their choice, rather than a public school to which they were assigned. Many argue that this undermines the concept of equal rights in education. The argument is that this allows people to send their children to a “better” school than the public school that is government funded. The major problem associated with this is that those who can afford to take their vouchers and go to a “better” school will go and leave the less fortunate at the public school to receive a “mediocre” education. I feel that this could give the students who attend “better” schools an unfair advantage over those who cannot afford to pay private school tuition. School vouchers, are simply one issue that plague the concept of equal rights with regards to …show more content…
Freedom of speech is defined as the right to voice one’s opinion publicly without fear or censorship. In nations with authoritarian forms of government, blatant government censorship is enforced. The right to free speech is what separates democracy from authoritarian governments. Even if all people don’t agree with certain statements a person may make, they along with all people have the right to make such statements. The right to voice one’s opinion publicly without fear is very important to the concept of