Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You would expect that two groups which are generally equal, should also have equal outcomes, right? So, why should women (on average) get paid, say $ 30,000 per year, when men get paid (on average) $ 34,000 per year? Surely, this is unfair? Of course, it is – ceteris paribus.
Now let us look at something else: if we assume that there is an equal number of men and women in the US, how come there are less than 11,000 women in prison while there are more than 146,000 men? Shouldn’t the two figures be approximately equal? Is the law seriously discriminating against men? Or have I left something out? (Perhaps the number of serious crimes that men commit…)
Watch Professor Jonathan Haidt demonstrate that equality of outcome is a disastrous idea (unless everything else is equal, of course).
[NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have only uploaded it here for educational purposes].
You would expect that two groups which are generally equal, should also have equal outcomes, right? So, why should women (on average) get paid, say $ 30,000 per year, when men get paid (on average) $ 34,000 per year? Surely, this is unfair? Of course, it is – ceteris paribus.
Now let us look at something else: if we assume that there is an equal number of men and women in the US, how come there are less than 11,000 women in prison while there are more than 146,000 men? Shouldn’t the two figures be approximately equal? Is the law seriously discriminating against men? Or have I left something out? (Perhaps the number of serious crimes that men commit…)
Watch Professor Jonathan Haidt demonstrate that equality of outcome is a disastrous idea (unless everything else is equal, of course).
[NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have only uploaded it here for educational purposes].
