1. Set Focus
Frame the inquiry with these essential questions: How much does income inequality matter? What effect does it have on a society?
2. Read and Discuss
Have students read the debate and then answer the following questions:
- What is the issue being debated? How does it relate to current events? (The issue is whether it is ethical for a person to accumulate so much money when income inequality is on the rise. This issue is timely because there are currently more billionaires than ever before.)
- Evaluate why these two authors might be interested in and qualified to comment on this issue. (Both authors are political philosophers who focus on ethics and economics.)