Egalitarianism. Arneson, R. In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, Summer 2013 edition, 2013.
Paper abstract bibtex Egalitarianism is a trend of thought in political philosophy. Anegalitarian favors equality of some sort: People should get the same,or be treated the same, or be treated as equals, in some respect. Analternative view expands on this last-mentioned option: People shouldbe treated as equals, should treat one another as equals, should relateas equals, or enjoy an equality of social status of some sort.Egalitarian doctrines tend to rest on a background idea that all humanpersons are equal in fundamental worth or moral status. So far as theWestern European and Anglo-American philosophical tradition isconcerned, one significant source of this thought is the Christiannotion that God loves all human souls equally. Egalitarianism is aprotean doctrine, because there are several different types ofequality, or ways in which people might be treated the same, or mightrelate as equals, that might be thought desirable. In modern democraticsocieties, the term “egalitarian” is often used to refer to a positionthat favors, for any of a wide array of reasons, a greater degree ofequality of income and wealth across persons than currently exists.
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