We are all people and deserve equal amounts of respect and kindness. We also deserve equal rights and opportunities to decide how we want to shape our lives, no is allowed to restrict us and belittle us just because we are who we are.
" You can't expect people to do everything, we all have our different abilities."
All of the animals in the picture above can all do different things. That only few animals can climb that tree doesn't make them superiors to the others who can't. Because they can do things the tree climbers can't.
"The route to achieving equality will not be accomplished through treating everyone equally. It will be achieved by treating everyone justly according to their circumstances."
They say, we should treat everyone equally but being equal to everyone is not fair sometimes. Example, there are two families that are a member of 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program). The first family has parents who are working abroad and the other family has a disabled member and they live in the street. In this scenarios, the two families are equally given the chance to be a member of the 4Ps but let's look to the other aspects of the scenario where the family who has more income is more benefited than the other family who is extremely poor. In this case, equality is not the solution but equity is.
We cannot say that equity is better than equality or equality is better than equity. If we balance these two, we can make our lives better. Give the poor what they need and give the rich what they deserve. We should apply fairness to ourselves, to others and to all aspects of our lives. We should give everyone a justifiable respect and right. As the Bible says, "Blessed are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!" -- Psalm 106:3
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