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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 Ref
Williams,Bernard: 'Problems of the Self: Papers 1956-1972' [CUP 1979], p.237
| 3234 | Equality seems to require that each person be acknowledged as having a significant point of view [Williams,B] |
| 3233 | Equality implies that people are alike in potential as well as in needs [Williams,B] |
| 3235 | It is a mark of extreme exploitation that the sufferers do not realise their plight [Williams,B] |
| 3236 | Equality of opportunity without equality of respect would create a very inhuman society [Williams,B] |