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Full Idea
All liberals are egalitarians, though they may be more or less so.
Gist of Idea
Liberals are egalitarians, but in varying degrees
Source
John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 05.1)
Book Ref
Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.89
A Reaction
In the broadest view, this may be the one thing which distinguishes generalised liberals from the rest. To reject it needs a basis for the rejection, and every basis for its flat rejection is anathema to liberals.
| 22597 | Minority rights are everyone's rights, because we all have turns in the minority [Constant] |
| 23037 | People are improved by egalitarian institutions and habits [Green,TH] |
| 6448 | A legitimate system is one accepted as both impartial and reasonably partial [Nagel] |
| 18644 | States can't enforce mutual aid on citizens, or interfere for their own good [Nozick] |
| 23102 | Liberals are egalitarians, but in varying degrees [Kekes] |
| 21113 | Liberal equality concerns rights, and liberal freedom concerns choice of ends [Shorten] |
| 22821 | Liberalism asserts maximum freedom, but that must be equal for all participants [Charvet] |
| 22834 | Egalitarian liberals prefer equality (either of input or outcome) to liberty [Charvet] |
| 23141 | Left-wingers are inconsistent in their essentialist descriptions of social groups [Gopnik] |