1. World problems
  2. Trivialization of equality

Trivialization of equality

  • Simplistic concept of equality
  • Collapsed concept of equality
  • Egalitarianism

Claim

A principal difficulty with egalitarianism is that of specifying in a concrete case when the requisite conditions for equality and procedurally just transactions have been met. A major objection to the radical call for redistribution of planetary resources according to egalitarian considerations is that it is unrealistic. Since there is no theory of global justice providing for institutions that would compensate for uneven distribution of resources then such an approach cannot be effectively implemented.

'Equality … destroys everything it touches …’ (Renaud Camus, You Will Not Replace Us!, 2018)

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Inequality
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Equality
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Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Informatics, classification » Classification
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F5155
    DOCID
    11651550
    D7NID
    149755
    Last update
    May 19, 2022