Single Idea 3235

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality]

Full Idea

It is a mark of extreme exploitation or degradation that those who suffer it do NOT see themselves differently from the way they are seen by the exploiters.

Gist of Idea

It is a mark of extreme exploitation that the sufferers do not realise their plight

Source

Bernard Williams (The Idea of Equality [1962], §2)

Book Reference

Williams,Bernard: 'Problems of the Self: Papers 1956-1972' [CUP 1979], p.237