The fragile balance: John Adams on liberty and equality

Article Abstract:

John Adams, the second president of the US, considered liberty to be a quality which was due to man's intellect and not given by fate. He accepted the negative concept of freedom described by Sir Isaiah Berlin in which man is free only when there are no external influences of other men or institutions. According to Adams, liberty requires man to have the right to acquire property. However this right causes imbalances in the acquisition of wealth which by making men inequal might harm liberty.

Analysis, Criticism and interpretation, Liberty, Freedom, Adams, John (American president)

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Equality, luck and hierarchy

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It is believed that a genuine society of equals must aim at equals stake as well as equal voice and equal status for its citizens. Professor Samuel Scheffler emphasizes the importance of the contemporary debate about racial, gender and other forms of discrimination.

International Affairs, Racial Oppression, Authors, Writers, Demonstrations and protests, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sex discrimination, Race discrimination, Egalitarianism, Scheffler, Samuel

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Basic structure and the value of equality

Article Abstract:

Egalitarian deontology is a complex idea perennially beset by more plain- thinking. This view is counter viewed, by the fact that equality is just better than inequality or that gains for poorer people just have extra weight in the scale of general welfare.

Justice

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