Socioeconomic Inequality Case Study

The Ethical Implications Of Socioeconomic Inequality The world in which people live in can be unfair to others. In society, no one is equal because everything is separated between poor, middle-class, rich, and wealthy. According to Reading The World: Ideas That Matters, Malthus and Palz believe helping the less fortunate is accumulating less wealth. Gandhi and the New Testament believe in helping the less fortunate; therefore, one should not focus on accumulating wealth. Based on religious beliefs, people should help the poor as Gandhi and The New Testament belief. The main resource that humanity is focused on today is money because it can allow many privileges for people to obtain. According to The New Testaments, “one thing thou lackest. Go thy way sell whatever thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven- come take the cross and follow me’’(335). Therefore, giving back to the less fortunate will lead to eternal life. The aspect of giving back to the

The more wealth that is occurring causes the population to decrease with more people becoming poor. Most of the wealthy do not have to pay as many taxes because they have advantages to get out of the situations of having to pay taxes. They would make deal with companies; therefore, they would not be responsible for paying taxes. This causes more people in the middle-class group to pay out more money than the riches. According to The New Testaments, “If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the riches” (317). Therefore, God does not accept the riches because they can be despiteful. The New Testament also states, “It is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven” (336). There is only one God; however, one cannot worship God; however, the riches cannot be trusted into the gates of