Question

Pretend you live in a society where everyone earns the same income no matter which job is performed. Do you think it would be difficult to persuade people to become surgeons or to choose other important careers? Please explain your answer and use one reference from the textbook indicating the page number where you found the reference.
Social Problems?
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Answer 1

• This is the 21st generation, where people earn very differently to the person next to them, however, many people live in poverty, while others live in mansions. All jobs, regardless of the profession, difficulty or common-ness, should be given the same salaries. All jobs are important to society, so why should one person earn less or more. So,if everyone is being paid equal amount of money it should still motivate people to take up higher post jobs. But in realistic sense,it would be difficult to persuade people since they would feel cheated,regarding their profession.Since,a being a doctor or surgeon or any other other high status job requires a lot of skills and qualifications,people would want them to be paid more than a labour. But a labour also works hard as much as a surgeon so,pay should be equal since everyone has the right to to live a good life.
• So,yes in practicality,it would be difficult to persuade people to take up higher jobs since they would feel that its unfair, even after so much education,they would get paid equal to a labour,then what is the point of studying so much.I guess,people have to be less selfish and more kind towards others since every job in the world is important.
• But,also,if a doctor is not paid more than a worker then the whole economic system would collapse since people would stop studying medical profession and become a surgeon etc.,so in order to persuade to joing higher jobs,pay disparity would exist.