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Single Idea 3273

[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 2. Political equality ]

Full Idea

Contemporary political debate recognises four types of equality: political, social, legal and economic.

Gist of Idea

Equality nowadays is seen as political, social, legal and economic

Source

Thomas Nagel (Equality [1977], §1)

Book Ref

Nagel,Thomas: 'Mortal Questions' [CUP 1981], p.106

A Reaction

Meaning equality of 1) power and influence, 2) status and respect, 3) rights and justice, 4) wealth.

The 16 ideas with the same theme [equality of involvement in running society]:

22550 It is dreadful to neither give a share nor receive a share [Aristotle]
22568 Faction is for inferiors to be equal, and equals to become superior [Aristotle]
22569 The Heraeans replaced election with lot, to thwart campaigning [Aristotle]
19990 Democracy is corrupted by lack of equality, or by extreme equality (between rulers and ruled) [Montesquieu]
19857 All citizens are eligible for roles in the state, purely on the basis of merit [Mirabeau/committee]
22671 Equality can only be established by equal rights for all (or no rights for anyone) [Tocqueville]
4491 In modern society virtue is 'equal rights', but only because everyone is zero, so it is a sum of zeroes [Nietzsche]
20940 Perfect political equality requires economic equality [Gramsci]
23416 Political involvement is needed, to challenge existing practices [Habermas, by Kymlicka]
6478 Democracy is opposed to equality, if the poor are not a majority [Nagel]
3273 Equality nowadays is seen as political, social, legal and economic [Nagel]
3274 Equality can either be defended as good for society, or as good for individual rights [Nagel]
20592 Complex equality restricts equalities from spilling over, like money influencing politics and law [Walzer, by Tuckness/Wolf]
18633 Equal opportunities seems fair, because your fate is from your choices, not your circumstances [Kymlicka]
18634 Equal opportunity arbitrarily worries about social circumstances, but ignores talents [Kymlicka]
20503 Political equality is not much use without social equality [Wolff,J]