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Men Are Created Equal Feminist Movement
2,173 wordsWhen Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, set out to enunciate the philosophical principles underlying the American Revolution the principles of 76, as later generations would call them thats the one he put down first, as the foundation and justification of all the rest. Equality not, as one might expect, liberty. The original draft of the Declaration highlights the importance of equality still more clearly. The final and better-known version states: We hold these truths to be s...
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Equality Of Opportunity Equal Treatment
3,136 wordsIn What Sense Should We Be Egalitarian In What Sense Should We Be Egalitarian? What Should We Try To Equality? Egalitarianism has been rightly identified as an essentially contested concept, that is, there is not, and it is doubtful whether there ever can be, any agreement as to its meaning (HURLEY, 1993, p 179). The value of equality is disputed by different thinkers. Some believe that equality is only to be valued as a means of attaining some broader aim, for example the maximization of utilit...
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