Egalitarianism
Edit Page
Report
Scan day: 07 February 2014 UTC
-2003
Virus safety - good
Description: The view that people should get the same or be treated the same; by Richard Arneson.
Egalitarianism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) First published Fri Aug 16, 2002; substantive revision Wed Apr 24, 2013 Egalitarianism is a trend of thought in political philosophy. An egalitarian favors equality of some sort: People should get the same, or be treated the same, or be treated as equals, in some respect. An alternative view expands on this last-mentioned option: People should be treated as equals, should treat one another as equals, should relate as equals, or enjoy an equality of social status of some sort. Egalitarian doctrines tend to rest on a background idea that all human persons are equal in fundamental worth or moral status. So far as the Western European and Anglo-American philosophical tradition is concerned, one significant source of this thought is the Christian notion that God loves all human souls equally. Egalitarianism is a protean doctrine, because there are several different types of equality, or ways in which people might be treated the same, or might relate as equals, that might be thought desirable. In modern democratic societies, the term “egalitarian†is often used to refer to a position that favors, for any of a wide array of reasons, a greater degree of equality of income and wealth across persons than currently exists.
Size: 1288 chars
Contact Information
Email:Send Message
Phone&Fax: —
Address: —
Extended: —
WEBSITE Info
| Page title: | Egalitarianism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) |
| Keywords: | |
| Description: | |
| IP-address: | 171.67.193.20 |
WHOIS Info
| NS | Name Servers: ARGUS.STANFORD.EDU 171.64.7.115, 2607:f6d0:0:9113::ab40:773 AVALLONE.STANFORD.EDU 171.64.7.88, 2607:f6d0:0:9116::ab40:758 |
| WHOIS | |
| Date | activated: 04-Oct-1985 last updated: 07-May-2009 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |