Question

Let's say you are best at building with your hands and you become a carpenter working for a local building contractor. a friend of yours is very good at programming computers, so he or she works at ibm. yet another friend excels at science, so he or she goes to medical school and becomes a physician. each of you is paid the exact same salary and each of you lives in the same neighborhood and drives the same type of car. what standard of equality would this be an example of?

Answer 1

The answer to the question is a concept called equality of outcome.

It is a political concept that refers to creating a society where everyone has access to same amount of wealth, more or less, and thus their economic conditions would be similar. This is illustrated in the example: despite the difference in education levels and skills, each of the individuals are paid the same amount of money.