Assignment task: Discuss an issue that involves a morally relevant inequality and its impact on a chosen South or Southeast Asia society. In your single, 800-word essay, with a 10% buffer (including in-text citations, but excluding references), you should:
- Identify an issue of inequality in a South or Southeast Asian country and describe its development in the last 5-10 years.
- Outline the social, economic and/or political factors that cause this inequality and examine the ways these factors harm the people involved.
- Apply either John Rawls' Theory of Justice OR Amartya Sen's Capabilities approach to further your understanding of this issue.
- With the same theory/framework, explain why this issue needs to be addressed now.
- Articulate your ideas clearly and grammatically. Include proper in-text citations and references.