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Equality (Paperback)
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Equality--the battle cry of the French Revolution--has come to be
accepted as everyone's birthright today. But what is equality? Is
it a chimera in a world manifestly still abounding in inequality
among individuals, nations, and races? To this eternally
fascinating subject, eighteen outstanding political scientists,
jurists, and philosophers address themselves with vigor and
profundity in this important and illuminating work.
Part I deals with fundamental concepts of equality. The first
paper in this section explores such issues as the meaning, the
justification, and the dialectics of equality, wherein some of its
manifestations are confronted and limited by others. While the
second paper criticizes the first essay and examines the legal
aspects of equality. Another paper pursues the notion of
proportionate equality to what he views as its ultimate reality:
that of a purely formal logical concept, while another argues that
"egalitarianism" has reference to human interests, which in fact
give it content. Another viewpoint considers how far different
kinds of equality are compatible with one another and with the
enlargement of freedom and fraternity in industrial society. The
final paper in this section talks widely over basic issues raised
by the various interpretations of equality.
Part II deals with sources of beliefs about equality. The papers
in this section consider the implications for egalitarianism of
Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. The final essay in this
section surveys the treatment of and implications for
egalitarianism in the thinking of the existentialists.
Part III is concerned with the political and legal applications of
equality. One of the papers suggests that Tocqueville's
"providential fact of the gradual development of the principle of
equality" might possibly be on the eve of a reversal, and concludes
with justification of political equality. Another attacks the
notion of equality of opportunity, contending that it is not an
authentic expression of the democratic ideal and temper, which
requires instead an "affirmation of being and belonging." Following
that the highly topical problem of equality in the administration
of justice is discussed as well as, the deals with many subtle
distinctions involved in the application of the idea of equality to
the rule of law. The book concludes with the topic of treatments of
the problem of equality in the realm of international politics and
organization.
"J.Roland Pennock" was professor of political science at
Swarthmore College for more than twenty-five years, as well as a
fellow at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
"John W. Chapman" is professor emeritus of political science at
the University of Pittsburgh.
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