Full Idea
That the relation of equality might be considered a value in itself is an absurdity. Would the equality of blinding the only sighted person in a blind society be good? Is it inherently good that two trees are the same height? This is nonsense.
Gist of Idea
Mere equality, as in two trees being the same height, has no value at all
Source
John Charvet (Liberalism: the basics [2019], 08)
Book Reference
Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.86
A Reaction
He cites Temkin 1993 as defending the blinding example! Obviously equality is only possible in certain respects (though electrons might be equal in all respects). So the point is to identify the important respects. The rest is rhetoric.