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Single Idea 2814
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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Full Idea
Phaleas of Chalcedon was the first to propose that the property of the citizens should be equal. … but there should also be equality of education.
Gist of Idea
Phaleas proposed equality of property, provided there is equality of education
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1266a38)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.127
A Reaction
Not sure how you achieve full equality in education, if some of the blighters work harder. A useful reminder that achieving 'equality' is far from a simple matter.
The
25 ideas
with the same theme
[equality of wealth ansd earning ability]:
124
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Does nature imply that it is right for better people to have greater benefits?
[Plato]
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2814
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Phaleas proposed equality of property, provided there is equality of education
[Aristotle]
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22540
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Wealth could be quickly leveled by only the rich giving marriage dowries
[Aristotle]
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19880
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All value depends on the labour involved
[Locke]
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19983
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Democracies may sometimes need to restrict equality
[Montesquieu]
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19982
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Some equality can be achieved by social categories, combined with taxes and poor relief
[Montesquieu]
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3920
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If you equalise possessions, people's talents will make them unequal again
[Hume]
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19788
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The pleasure of wealth and power is largely seeing others deprived of them
[Rousseau]
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7248
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No citizen should be rich enough to buy another, and none so poor as forced to sell himself
[Rousseau]
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21066
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Citizens can rise to any rank that talent, effort and luck can achieve
[Kant]
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22798
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Money is the best way to achieve just equality
[Hegel]
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23159
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Scarce goods may be denied entirely, to avoid their unequal distribution
[Russell]
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23864
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Inequality could easily be mitigated, if it were not for the struggle for power
[Weil]
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3235
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It is a mark of extreme exploitation that the sufferers do not realise their plight
[Williams,B]
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20279
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Equality of opportunity unfairly rewards those lucky enough to have great ability
[Singer]
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20549
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Equality is complex, with different spheres of equality where different principles apply
[Walzer, by Swift]
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23105
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It is not deplorable that billionaires have more than millionaires
[Kekes]
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23120
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The problem is basic insufficiency of resources, not their inequality
[Kekes]
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20148
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Equal distribution is no good in a shortage, because there might be no one satisfied
[Kekes]
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21040
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Libertarians just want formal equality in a free market; the meritocratic view wants fair equality
[Sandel]
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20536
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Inequalities are needed, as incentives to do the most important jobs
[Swift]
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20548
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A person can desire redistibution of wealth, without it being for reasons of equality
[Swift]
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20591
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If there is no suffering, wealth inequalities don't matter much
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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22843
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Inequalities are worse if they seem to be your fault, rather than social facts
[Charvet]
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22845
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Money allows unlimited inequalities, and we obviously all agree to money
[Charvet]
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