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+ | "[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]" | ||
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+ | "All animals are [[Equality|equal]], but some animals are more equal than others." --''[[Animal Farm]]'' | ||
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+ | [[“Equity vs. equality” graphic]] | ||
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+ | "[[Morality|Right]] is only in question between [[Equality|equal]]s in [[power]], while the [[strength|strong]] do what they can and the [[weak]] [[suffering|suffer]] what they must." -- [[Thucydides]] | ||
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+ | "THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally [[Equality|equal]]. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was [[Physical attractiveness|better looking]] than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213 th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States [[Handicap]]per General." "[[Harrison Bergeron]]" (1961) [[Kurt Vonnegut]] | ||
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+ | '''Equality''' may refer to: | ||
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+ | ==Politics and Society== | ||
+ | *[[Political equality]], in which all members of a society are of equal standing | ||
+ | ** [[Consociationalism]], in which an ethnically, religiously, or linguistically divided state functions by cooperation of each group's elites | ||
+ | ** [[Egalitarianism]], a trend of thought that favors equality for all people | ||
+ | ** [[Equal opportunity]], a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly | ||
+ | ** [[Equality of outcome]], in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar | ||
+ | ** For specific groups: | ||
+ | *** [[Gender equality]] | ||
+ | *** [[Racial equality]] | ||
+ | * [[Social equality]], in which all people within a group have the same status, a form of [[social justice]] | ||
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+ | ==Law== | ||
+ | * [[Equality before the law]], the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws | ||
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+ | == Logic == | ||
+ | * [[Logical equality]] | ||
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+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Equal (disambiguation)]] | ||
+ | * [[Inequality (disambiguation)]] | ||
+ | * [[Equity (disambiguation)]] | ||
+ | * ''[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]'' (liberty, equality, fraternity), motto of the French Revolution | ||
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"Liberté, égalité, fraternité" "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." --Animal Farm "Right is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." -- Thucydides "THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213 th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General." "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) Kurt Vonnegut |
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Politics and Society
- Political equality, in which all members of a society are of equal standing
- Consociationalism, in which an ethnically, religiously, or linguistically divided state functions by cooperation of each group's elites
- Egalitarianism, a trend of thought that favors equality for all people
- Equal opportunity, a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly
- Equality of outcome, in which the general conditions of people's lives are similar
- For specific groups:
- Social equality, in which all people within a group have the same status, a form of social justice
Law
- Equality before the law, the principle under which all people are subject to the same laws
Logic
See also
- Equal (disambiguation)
- Inequality (disambiguation)
- Equity (disambiguation)
- Liberté, égalité, fraternité (liberty, equality, fraternity), motto of the French Revolution